Robert Hass, Denis Johnson Win National Book Awards
The National Book Foundation announced the winners of the 2007 National Book Awards at a ceremony in New York City last night.
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The NEA's Big Read Reaches Readers Around the World
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced yesterday that it plans to expand the Big Read to military bases abroad. Beginning next year, military installations in Germany, Guam, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom will receive readers guides, teachers guides, radio broadcasts, and other materials that can be used to organize community-wide reading programs focusing on a single book.
Chinese Novelist Jiang Rong Wins Man Asian Literary Prize
The London-based financial services company Man Group recently announced that Chinese novelist Jiang Rong is the winner of the first Man Asian Literary Prize. His novel Wolf Totem, first published in Chinese, is scheduled for a March 2008 release by Penguin Press. The book, set in Inner Mongolia during the Cultural Revo
Just Like Jiffy Lube: Borders Wants Customers to Watch TV
In an effort to expand its entertainment offerings, Borders recently installed televisions in sixty of its bookstores, the New York Times reported today. Two thirty-seven-inch television screens in each store broadcast advertisements, news, weather, and original programming under the moniker Borders TV.
Simon & Schuster's New Paper Policy Will Save 483,000 Trees Each Year
Simon & Schuster recently committed to increasing the level of
recycled fiber in its paper from 10 percent to 25 percent within the
next four years. The publisher also announced plans to buy 10 percent
of its paper from forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council,
a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., devoted to encouraging
the responsible management of the world's forests.
Houghton Mifflin Inks Deal to Deliver Books to Cell Phones
Houghton Mifflin announced today that it has signed a deal with the technology company Mobifusion to offer the electronic delivery of books to cell phones, Publishers Weekly reported.
Killing Them Softly
Nearly three decades after introducing Zuckerman in The Ghost Writer and with the release of Exit Ghost, Philip Roth joins the ranks of authors who have bid farewell to their beloved protagonists.
Q&A: Nicole Cooley and the New MFA
Program director Nicole Cooley discusses the Queens College take on the creative writing degree.
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The Democratic Approach to Slush
A new Web site and publishing program offers an alternative to the old slush pile standard by putting a manuscript’s fate in the hands of its readers.
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Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Akashic Books, the New Press, Melville House, Seven Stories Press, Disinformation, the Feminist Press, Slope Editions, Essay Press, and Rose Metal Press.
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