Apr 11 2014: Sue Townsend, 68, died at home on Thursday after a short illness following many years suffering with diabetes that left her blind.
She will be best remembered for her 8 book series starting with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, which was published in ...
Apr 08 2014: UK publisher Pan Macmillan has acquired three new novels by Ken Follett, including a sequel to The Pillars of the Earth.
Apr 08 2014: World Book Night U.S. has released an interactive map that lists givers by zip code as well as official stores and libraries.
Apr 06 2014: Peter Matthiessen, well-known US writer and environmentalist, died at the age of 86 of leukemia. His notable works include The Snow Leopard, Shadow Country and At Play in the Fields of the Lord.
Apr 04 2014: Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 87, is in hospital in Mexico City for an unspecified infection, and related dehydration. Mexico's Secretary of Health indicated in a statement that "once he's completed his course of antibiotics his discharge from the hospital will be ...
Apr 03 2014: A new touchscreen 400-book library kiosk has debuted at Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis, Calif. According to Jonathan Waltmire, the library spokesperson, this is the first library kiosk of its kind to debut in a U.S. mall.
Just as in the main library, a Fresno County ...
Apr 02 2014: Karen Joy Fowler won the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.
The judges considered more than 430 novels and short story collections by American authors published in the
U.S. during the 2013 calendar year. BookBrowse ...
Mar 31 2014: The Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association plans to host the first ever California Bookstore Day on May 3, 2014 - a Saturday. The event's promo copy reads: "93 bookstores. 13 exclusive books & art pieces. 1 day only. Join the party."
A complete ...
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
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