Monthly Archives: March 2011
Booked Author Robyn Okrant @ Algonquin Library!
Author Robyn Okrant spent one year living the Oprah life as expressed on her TV show and website. Then she wrote a book about her experience, outlining the good, the bad and the ugly. Robyn will be here to read from her book and answer questions about her experiences, writing, and anything else that’s on [...]
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Sweet Lessons From A South Carolina Peach Professor
For those of us who pick peaches in supermarkets and not in orchards, Clemson University peach specialist Desmond Layne has three suggestions: Smell it. Squeeze it. And look at where it’s from.
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Could Online Book Sharing Spell End for Libraries?
From Guardian.co.uk: Could an online booksharing scheme spell the end for the traditional library? A scheme where residents post their own books online to swap, then meet to complete the transaction has worried some library campaigners Testing out Sutton council’s new online bookshare scheme. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian With more people using the [...]
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No female writer is my equal says VS Naipaul
VS Naipaul has stirred up a hornets’ nest. The Nobel laureate said on Tuesday evening there is no female author whom he considers his equal, while speaking at the Royal Geographic Society. He was asked if he considered any woman writer his literary match and replied: “I don’t think so.” When pressed about Jane Austen, [...]
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