Category Archives: Books

Your Summer Reading List…Top Ten

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

A totally unscientific reader poll has produced the following Top Ten Summer Reading List : The Magicians — Lev Grossman The Girl Who Played With Fire — Stieg Larsson Her Fearful Symetry — Audrey Niffennegger The Strain — Guillermo del … Continue reading →

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Dublin Has The Write Stuff

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

This week Dublin has become only the fourth city to be designated an “UNESCO City of Literature”. Joining Edinburgh, Melbourne and Iowa City, Dublin now shares the coveted distinction and honor. Mary Hanafin, Ireland’s Minister of Tourism, said that the … Continue reading →

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What’s on Your Summer Reading List ?

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Summer vacation time is here again, and this year, as very other year the chattering classes and book reviewers have told us what they expect you to pack for the beaches and the mountains. This year on the fiction front, … Continue reading →

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Library Redux

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

 A few European library favorites from our readers.    

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Libraries of Europe

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

A few of my favorite European libraries from an ongoing project. Send us some photos of your favorites.

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Would You Crowdfund Your Book ?

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

 The following post is by Alison Flood: From novelists to poets and playwrights, would-be French authors are signing- up to take part in France’s first venture into crowdfunded literature. Launched this spring by publisher Éditions du Public, the initiative – … Continue reading →

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A Work In Progress

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Have you ever thought about the novelist’s process? Would you like a peek behind the scenes of the publishing biz? If you’re even just a little bit curious, check-out Work In Progress. Farrar, Straus and Giroux’s new monthly blog looks at … Continue reading →

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How Kafkaesque

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Franz Kafka instructed that all his manuscripts were to be burned after his death, but his friend Max Brod chose to disregarded the request, setting-up a complicated legal tussle over thousands of pages of manuscripts that has the literary world in a … Continue reading →

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The Passage…Not Another Book Review

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

With The Passage, novelist Justin Cronin has created both a bona fide literary thriller and an epic tale of human endurance in the face of unfathomable horror and loss. The massive book’s enthralling storytelling, vivid prose and essential empathy mark … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The following post was written by Larry Portzline, author of Bookstore Tourism: The Book Addict’s Guide To Planning & Promoting Bookstore Road Trips for Bibliophiles & Other Bookshop Junkies. My goal when I started the Bookstore Tourism “movement” was to … Continue reading →

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