2014 Vancouver Book Fair – The Book Blog
The dates for the Vancouver Book Fair have been announced: Sat. Oct. 4…
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Becky’s Book Reviews: 106. Hidden Hope
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust. Elisa Boxer. Illustrated by Amy June Bates.…
‘Time Shelter,’ by Georgi Gospodinov, Wins International Booker Prize
“Time Shelter,” a novel in which a wave of nostalgia sweeps Europe and entire countries consider living in past eras, on…
U.S. Book Show 2023: Libraries Confront Post-Pandemic Challenges
The U.S. Book Show kicked off on May 22 with a focus on libraries and the challenges facing them in…
Vice Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Posted on May 15, 2023 Vice Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The filing comes ahead of a sale…
Review of my book LAWLESS
At Thomas McNulty’s blog, Dispatches From the Last Outlaw, he writes a very kind review of my novel LAWLESS. Here’s…
Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack, praising ‘heroes’ who saved him | Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has made his first public appearance since he was stabbed and lost sight in one eye after being…
The First Full 3D Scan of the Titanic, Made of More Than 700,000 Images Capturing the Wreck’s Every Detail
Even the most ardent shipwreck enthusiasts among us must make peace with the fact that, in all probability, we’ll never…
Very Little Of This Book Is Made-up: Talking With R.F. Kuang About Her Novel
Very Little of This Book Is Made-up: Talking with R.F. Kuang about her Novel R.F. Kuang’s latest novel, Yellowface (William…
The Work of the Audiobook
THE WORLD OF FICTION is changing, and it is happening at 1.5X speed. According to British sociologist and book trade…
Wages for Housewives | Anna Shechtman
Housewifery is hard work: taxing, by all accounts; isolating, by default; unwaged, by design. That is until 2006, when five…
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You – Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun (Illustrator)
Summary: Good morning. Do not get stuck in the comments section of life today. Make, do, create the things. Let…
Deep Wood Press announces projects for 2018
Over on the Deep Wood Press blog, Chad Pastotnik has announced some of…
Becky’s Book Reviews: 97. Star Splitter
Star Splitter. Matthew J. Kirby. 2023. [April] 320 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: I don’t care how many prep classes…
Fred Siegel, Urban Historian and a Former Liberal, Is Dead at 78
Fred Siegel attended Rutgers University, where he was an errant student. He went on the road to make his fortune…
ECPA honors Philip Yancey and Lucy Shaw
Philip Yancey is no stranger to The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Awards Celebration held during their annual Leadership Summit. The…
Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Lawsuit Over Marvin Gaye Song
Posted on May 4, 2023 Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has successfully defended himself in an infringement lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that…
The Plastic Nightmare by Richard Neely
The Plastic Nightmare I’ve written here before about Richard Neely. He wrote non-series crime novels that pretty much covered the…
The Power of Trees by Peter Wohlleben review – let’s turn over a new leaf | Science and nature books
Next time you’re walking through a park on a hot day, take a moment to sit under a big old…
The Amazing Engineering of Gauntlets (Armored Gloves) from the 16th Century
The phrase “to throw down the gauntlet” means to issue a challenge, and this is understood all over the English-speaking…
The Work We Can Do Only As We Age: A Conversation With Priscilla Long
The Work We Can Do Only As We Age: A Conversation with Priscilla Long I met Priscilla Long sixteen years…
On Alice Blackhurst’s “Luxury, Sensation and the Moving Image”
IT SITS THERE like a pale gemstone on your lap: the tall, slim, Instagrammable volume you waited for. You hold…