Curiosities
October 27, 2011
Swedish Covers 0
by Rachel Hurn
50 watts, a blog dedicated to book-related design and illustration, takes a look at Swedish book covers.
October 27, 2011
From Honey to War 0
by Rachel Hurn
In Libya to write for Lonely Planet, Kate Grace Thomas ended up in the midst of a revolution, reporting on war rather than honey. She offers an account of that experience here. (via.)
October 27, 2011
The Will to Climb 0
by Rachel Hurn
The Seattle Times reviews The Will to Climb by Bainbridge Island mountaineer Ed Viesturs (with David Roberts), which chronicles what it takes to climb Annapurna, a particularly challenging Himalayan peak. Viesturs appears tonight at Town Hall Seattle.
October 27, 2011
Nouvella Press Launches First Author 0
by Edan Lepucki
This week Nouvella Books launches their first novella, The Last Repatriate by Matthew Salesses. You have five more days to get a copy of the limited first edition. Get it while you can, folks!
October 27, 2011
Profanity in Book Titles 1
by Rachel Hurn
Out this week is Marcy Roznick’s If You Give a Kid a Cookie, Will He Shut the —- Up?, a parody aimed at adults of the 1985 children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… What’s up with all the profanity in book titles lately?
October 27, 2011
OWS: Book Coming Soon 0
by Rachel Hurn
The Occupy Wall Street history will be published by OR Books, a company which rose to fame after publishing Going Rouge, a collection of negative essays about Sarah Palin that was released on the same day as her memoir, Going Rogue.
