From the monthly archives:
Did you hear that Wilco’s new album is going to be called “Wilco (The Album),” and that it contains the song “Wilco (The Song)?” No? Well, now you have. On to the links: Via Boing Boing comes this excellent collection of book jackets for fake novelizations of movies. [EDIT! Gillian has pointed out that she [...]
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You know what we should all stop saying? Hump Day. It’s worse than TGIF, and not just for its icky sexual implications. Anyway, it’s been too long since I’ve put together one of my signature link posts (ie, the classic “I don’t know what to write about so I’ll just point out what other people [...]
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After a gorgeous day off yesterday (What did I do? I went to a bookstore. The day after the Festival of Books. On my day off from my bookstore job. I’m a dork, I know), I’ve had some time to process the Festival of Books and I think these were the take-away lessons for this [...]
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I’m taking a much needed personal day today, but I’ll be back tomorrow with some thoughts on the Festival of Books (and for those who saw my panel, I’ll probably try to expand and unpack some of what we touched on there, as well). There was so much great book talk and so many interesting [...]
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As you may have heard, the LA Times Festival of Books is this weekend at UCLA. Vroman’s will have a booth (Booth 367, in Dixon Plaza, near Royce Hall), and we have a great lineup of authors scheduled to sign at our booth. Additionally, I will be appearing on a panel called Publishing: The Next [...]
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The title of this post says it all. These are my thoughts, or in some instances, the thoughts of others that I have appropriated and reproduced here for your enjoyment (This being the internet and all): Dan Brown’s new book, which I mentioned in a previous post, will be about the end of the Mayan [...]
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The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced, and Elizabeth Strout has won the prize for fiction for her novel Olive Kitteredge. The other book winners are as follows: Fiction – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Drama – Ruined by Lynn Nottage History – The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (W.W. [...]
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It’s a busy day in the book world, and not just because the Pulitzer Prize is announced today. Here’s a few things to keep track of: The publishing industry is safe for another year: Dan Brown’s new book, The Lost Symbol, will be released in September. According to “sources,” the book is about the end [...]
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A few weeks ago I posted about our incredible dinner of food from the Bottega Favorita Cookbook. I had mentioned that other stores were also taking part in the challenge. The results are now in, and it turns out that I was presumptuous. We all won. Check out the delicious meal that the folks at [...]
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Here’s what I’m interested on the Internet today. Everything else is boring: Listen to this interview with Carol Grossmeyer, formerly of Harry W. Schwartz Books, and Lanora Hurley, who is opening Next Chapter Bookshop. It’s an engaging interview, equal parts entertaining and, I think, inspiring. Check out the Next Chapter website, too. (You may remember [...]
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