A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, “Susan,” Chapter 3, A Meeting on the Road
“Cast your nets, wanderers! Try me with your questions, and let the contest begin.”—Blaine the Mono, to Roland and the Ka-Tet, at the end of The Waste LandsWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Rea...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Files for Bankruptcy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has officially filed a major restructuring plan to redistribute the company’s $3.1 billion in debt, entering what they called “a prompt, court-supervised, chapter 11 process.”
The company predicts they will emerge from...
Hachette To Test eBook Pilot Program At Libraries
After pulling its new eBook titles from libraries back in 2010, the Hachette Book Group is testing a pilot program to offer new eBooks in libraries this spring.
Hachette currently offers backlist eBook titles for check out in libraries, but not new tit...
Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 8: “The Prince of Winterfell”
This week on HBO’s Game of Thrones, we finally, finally get to see some much-missed faces. Bronn, baby, Bronn. And Tyrion. And Stannis. Remember him? And Robb, the handsomest king. And Ros. Because we all thought she didn’t get enough valuable scre...
Patti Smith & Neil Young in Conversation at BEA
Rock star and memoirist Patti Smith will host a lunchtime interview Neil Young at BookExpo America on June 6th.
Here’s more about the event, to be held in the Special Events Hall at the Javits Center: “Ms. Smith’s discussion with Mr. Youn...
Justin Sweet’s Avengers Concept Art
If you don’t know Justin Sweet’s name, you sure know his work. He’s become the go-to guy for creating many of today’s fantasy and science fiction movie characters and environments. He’s worked on the Narnia movies, John Carter, the upcoming S...
Aliex Kates Shulman & John Hodgman Get Booked
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Author Alix Kates Shulman will appear at the powerHous...
Connections App Lets Students Connect On Facebook By College
CampusExplorer.com a website dedicated to college planning and connecting alumni has launched a new Facebook app called Connections.
AppNewser has more: “The app gives students a map of where their Facebook friends are in college or went to colle...
Heavy hitter from left field
British readers worried that US bestselling novel The Art of Fielding is purely about baseball can allay their fears. The sport is in the book to focus on the hero's very public crisis, says the authorThe Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach's debut novel of ...
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys – review
'This book is very well written and Lina's pain and emotions are conveyed brilliantly. It is moving and heart-wrenching'Between Shades of Grey is about a Lithuanian girl called Lina whose town is taken over by the Soviets. One night she, her mother and...
