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The Brooklyn Book Festival brought a crowd despite the rains; a lost poem by Sir Walter Scott is discovered; Taylor Mali's "What Teachers Make" is plagiarized again; Target stores may soon sell the iPad; and other news.
The Defense Department attempts to purchase and destroy the entire print run of a controversial memoir; the world's most expensive book goes up for auction in December; the Wall Street Journal launches a weekly book review; James Madison University celebrates the life and poetry of Lucille Clifton; and other news.
British author Andrea Levy, whose latest novel, The Long Song, is shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, offers some advice for writers who want to be published.
The Katonah Poetry Series in New York State is on the brink of shutting down; Maple Creek, Canada, hosts its twenty-first annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering; the Poet's Pad app for the iPad; Deepak Chopra's Muhammad gets an early e-release; and other news.
One Story magazine hands out free short stories in Brooklyn, New York; Michel Houellebecq denies plagiarism claims; the big novel makes a comeback; the pleasures of reading multiple books at a time; and other news.
Tony Blair is the target of eggs and shoes at a book signing; a trolley tour of Pittsburgh's indie bookstores; this fall's line up of "heavyweight titles"; Oprah's Book Club will soon announce its next title; and other news.
The late author discusses the complexity of literature compared to other art forms.
The shocking story of a twenty-six-year-old reader who loves print books; six women writers win Rona Jaffe Writers' Awards; Slate looks at the NYTBR's track record of reviewing books by men versus women; the oldest typewriter repairman in New Haven, Connecticut, defends his machines; and other news.
Sony announces a new line of e-readers; British poets unite to protest government spending cuts; BOA Editions appoints a new publisher; Toronto's poet laureate launches a new initiative; and other news.
Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy, a film directed by and starring Val Kilmer as the great American author, will start pre-production in late 2010.
