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Category Archives: Writing
Tales From the Public Domain
Yesterday was Public Domain Day in the United States and in many other nations around the world. The first day of every year creative works that have outlived their legal copyrights enter the public domain and become freely available for … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, ebooks, Film, Libraries, movies, Music, Photography, USA, Writing
Tagged Copyright, Law, Public Domain
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NPR : The Book
A few months back the Little Berlin Gallery in Philadelphia hosted a show of Texas-based artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed’s hilarious fictional book covers. Each of the pieces, done in watercolor, ink and gouache, offers a humorous take on contemporary publishing in … Continue reading
Holiday Book Guide
Are you having trouble choosing last minute book gifts ? Well the New York Public Library has created a Holiday Book List Generator to help you out. The app covers a wide range of subjects: Architecture, Cooking, Dance, Gardening, Music, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Music, Photography, Theater, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Lists, Gifts, NYC, NYPL
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All mimsy were ye borogoves
In support of a fundraising campaign for the international charity group Worldbuilders , the ever popular author Neil Gaiman agreed to perform an iconic piece of children’s literature. The overwhelming choice was Lewis Carroll’s whimsical, wacky nonsense poem “Jabberwocky”.
Posted in Books, Film, Writing
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, Neil Gaiman
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Give A Book This Christmas
Bloomsbury Publishing—whose authors include Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling and Khaled Hosseini—produced this little video to remind folks of the power of reading and the importance of great writing in our lives.
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Writing
Tagged Elizabeth Gilbert, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Winston Churchill
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Take a kid to a bookstore (please)
Tomorrow is the Fifth Annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day. More than 750 bookshops in all of the 50 U.S. States, plus bookstores in 7 Canadian Provinces, Germany, the UK and Australia, will be hosting special events to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Canada, Europe, USA, Writing
Tagged Children's literature, Independent bookstore, indie bookstores
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Kafka Heads Back To Prague
Last month, Czech artist David Cerný unveiled his amazing statue of Franz Kafka’s head outside of the Narodni trida Metro station in the heart of Prague.
Posted in Art, Europe, Writing
Tagged Franz Kafka, Metro, Narodni trida, Prague, Praha
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Yes, It’s Illegal!
Launched in Copenhagen last year, Illegal! is a controversial magazine created to be sold by addicts to earn legal income specifically to fund their drug use without resorting to crime. Vendors can earn about $3.15 per copy sold. While the … Continue reading
Fame Is Relative
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, Harper Lee, Ken Kesey, Pearl S Buck
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