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Feb 20 2009: Tranquility by Attila Bartis, translated from the Hungarian by Imre Goldstein, and For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut by Takashi Hiraide, translated from the Japanese by Sawako Nakayasu, have won the 2009 Best Translated Book Awards for fiction and poetry ...
Feb 19 2009: The New York Public Library has announced the finalists for the ninth annual Young Lions Fiction Award. The nominees are:
Jon Fasman for
The Unpossessed City
Rivka Galchen for
Atmospheric Disturbances
Sana Krasikov for
One More Year
Zachary Mason for ...
Feb 17 2009: Alfred A. Knopf Jr., who left the noted publishing house run by his parents to become one of the founders of Atheneum Publishers in 1959, died on Saturday. He was 90, the last of the surviving founders, and lived in New York City.
Feb 17 2009: Standard & Poor has downgraded Barnes & Noble stock from "hold" to "strong sell", noting that B&N shares "have risen about 40% over the past 3 months and are now trading well above" S&P's target price. The firm also expects further weakening in sales over the next ...
Feb 12 2009: Although only weeks into the new presidency, President and Michelle Obama are thrilling the book community by finding time in their schedules to encourage the love of reading. Last week President and Mrs Obama talked with 2nd grade students at the Capital City Public ...
Feb 12 2009: The new Amazon Kindle (officially available Feb 24) features a robotic voice that can, if wished, read the book out loud. This feature has caused the Authors Guild to issue a public statement urging authors to consider the implications this could have to the $1 ...
Feb 09 2009: Amazon have launched the Kindle 2 (officially available Feb 24 for $359). The device can hold an average of 1500 books and has an improved battery life that will hold its charge for two weeks. It is lighter and thinner (about as thick as a pencil) than the original ...
Feb 03 2009: Reed Exhibitions announced yesterday that June's Book Expo Canada is being closed "effective immediately."
Canadian author and editor of January Magazine, Linda Richards has an interesting take on the closure saying,
"Though some media are acting surprised by Reed...
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Two ambitious writers in 1960s LA face betrayal when one writes a novel based on the other's life.
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