Books - ArtsBeat Blog - The New York Times Photo A rambling 1950 letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac that helped inspire “On the Road” will be auctioned next month by Christie’s in New York, apparently bringing to an end an 18-month legal battle over its ownership. The 16,000-word typed letter, which carries an estimate of $400,000 to $600,000, had been considered lost before it surfaced in the discarded files of Golden Goose Press, a now-defunct small San Francisco publisher, and listed for sale by a Southern California auction house in 2014. That auction was suspended after the Kerouac estate and Cassady’s children said they were the owners. Jami Cassady, a spokeswoman for the family, told The San Francisco Chronicle this week that the three parties had reached “an amicable settlement.” She also said the family, which owns the copyright on the letter, intended to publish it at some point.
most readers are reading more than 2 books a Book Club Buddy - Where book readers and authors connect and book clubs thrive! Irish Authors January 21, 2011 11:30 PM AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Sinead Moriarty Sinead Moriarty is an Irish author who has penned several novels including In My Sister's Shoes, A Perfect Match and From Here to Maternity. Her latest novel, Pieces of My Heart, was released in January and we absolutely loved it! Naturally, we just had to ask Sinead some questions...Please describe your latest book in 15 words or fewer.Its a bitter sweet tale about a family struggling with a life-threatening crisis. What inspired you to write Pieces of My Heart? What are you currently reading? Do you have any tips for readers who are looking to become published authors? Thanks, Sinead! You can find out more about Sinead Moriarty at her website. Posted by Elle Symonds on January 21, 2011 in Interviews, Irish Authors | Permalink | Comments (0) January 13, 2011 12:32 PM BOOK REVIEW: Hello Heartbreak by Amy Huberman Twenty-seven year-old Izzy Keegan has just been dumped by Cian, her boyfriend of three years. Rating: 4/5 And as for Mr Flood?
The List List #112 Our weekly round-up of the best bookish lists floating around the internet. This installment of The List List is sponsored by Random House Audio. Visit TryAudiobooks.com to get recommendations and download a free audiobook. at Flavorwire, 5 of the Best Literary Frenemy Pairings at Design Taxi, The 15 Punctuation Marks (In Order of How Much They Do) at VIDA, Twenty “Gypsy” Women You Should Be Reading at Audubon, Great Books for Birders and Nature Lovers at The Boston Globe, 7 Books About Books at The Huffington Post, 7 Novels Starring Small American Towns at Word & Film, The 7 Big GAME OF THRONES Season 4 Deviations at SF Signal, 5 Short Masterpieces by the Women of Horror’s Golden Age at the LA Times, The Literary Films of Summer 2014 at Electric Literature, 10 Books That Prominently Feature Dogs at TIME, Great Books for Your Staycation at BuzzFeed Books, Library Cards From Around the US
Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia The Reader’s Advisor Online Blog The readers’s advisory librarian’s weekly update, from a scan of more than 100 blogs, newsletters, magazines, newspapers and television. This blog is brought to you by the Reader’s Advisor Online. TRY THE FREE RAO DATABASE based on Libraries Unlimited’s print Genreflecting Advisory series. Give it a whirl and let us know how you like it. We’d love to hear from you. By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords New to Bestseller Lists This Week: GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA To Be Published Week of April 14-20, 2014 Here are just a very few: Fiction Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well – 9780670026692 Bova, Ben – Transhuman – 9780765332936 Calvino, Italo- The Complete Cosmicomics – 9780544231931 Cotterill, Colin – The Axe Factor – 9781250043368 de Rosnay, Tatiana- The Other Story – 9781250045133 Dickey, Eric Jerome- A Wanted Woman – 9780525954279 Hayes, Samantha- Until You’re Mine – 9780804136907 Roberts, Nora- The Collector – 9780399164453 Nonfiction Best Books of 2013 News of the Week: Awards Lists
The SF Site: The Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 7 Apps That Will Help You Use Your iPad For Writing Projects While each of us has our own particular needs, I’m sure one or more of these apps will serve your needs. So get ready to set up a folder on your tablet and download a useful collection of resources. Evernote At the top of the list, the popular Evernote app (iTunes Store Link) and web syncing service is an essential tool for writing on the iPad. You can throw in all kinds of text based files, as well as photos and audio notes, into Evernote which will automatically sync all your notes to your iPad, as well as your Mac or PC. Evernote includes a basic text writing tool that of course also syncs back to your computer or other devices. Infinote Pinboard For brainstorming and clustering your ideas, download Infinote Pinboard (iTunes Store Link). SimpleNote The best free option for a fully fledged writing application on your iPad is SimpleNote (iTunes Store Link), which I reviewed here. Private Journal WordPress WordPress (iTunes Store Link) has also developed an application for its users. DraftPad
| Staff Picks and other Library Articles! Top 10 Best Novels of the Last 20 Years Books The ten novels on this list all substantiate the belief that books are the most elastic, introspective, human and entertaining form of media that exist. Not movies, not music, not art, not the theatre. A famous author once said that novels are the best way for two human beings to connect with each other. Music for Torching by A.M. First Sentence: ”It is after midnight on one of those Friday nights when the guests have all gone home and the host and hostess are left in their drunkenness to try and put things right again.” As the only woman on the list, A. Homes makes this common enough theme of suburban ennui feel real with her shining prose, a secondary cast of interesting plots and characters, and lack of a fairy-tale ending. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (1996) First Sentence: “Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler’s pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die.” Of course, Palahniuk had to be on this list. House of Leaves The Road
A Zen Librarian: Bluestem and Monarch Shelf Talkers Over the summer, I saw an image, I think it was Jon Schu's library blog, that had what I call "shelf talkers." Basically they are little cards that are taped to the bookcase where the books are housed. The cards have a picture of the book, a synopsis of the story and a note about the contest the book is a part of. I created Bluestem and Monarch shelf talkers. Here is an image of the shelf talker that got me started. Here is an example of one of my shelf talkers. Here is a link to the shelf talkers.