Browsing Date: April 2008 (9)
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Gregory Maguire writes novels in which classic villains turn out to be heroes--and supposed heroes disappoint. In Wicked , his bestselling novel and basis for the smash Broadway musical of the… continue reading Take Five with . . . Gregory Maguire
By written by Communications Office April 28, 2008
The Free Library's website has a new RSS feature--customizable catalog search feeds. To check it out, perform a search in the Library's catalog interface by entering terms in the Find box on… continue reading Customizable Catalog Searches for Your Aggregator
By written by Communications Office April 25, 2008
It looks like The Original of Laura , the novel that Vladimir Nabokov was working on at the time of his death, will soon be published. As Kate Connolly of the Guardian 's books… continue reading Laura Forthcoming
By written by Communications Office April 23, 2008
On Friday , April 25 , from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. , and Saturday and Sunday , April 26 and 27 , from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. , the Friends of the Free Library will… continue reading Get Ready for the Friends' Big Book Sale
By written by Communications Office April 21, 2008
According to Scottish newspaper the Sunday Herald , a Strathclyde University professor of applied chemistry is working with British Library staff to devise a machine that will be able to… continue reading Like When the Library of Alexandria Burned Down, But Slower
By written by Communications Office April 16, 2008
Anne Perry is the author of several bestselling mystery novels featuring famed protagonists Inspector William Monk and Special Services Detective Thomas Pitt. Buckingham Palace Gardens is her… continue reading Take Five with . . . Anne Perry
By written by Communications Office April 9, 2008 10
Yesterday Libby Rosof of roberta fallon and libby rosof's artblog posted a piece on the When Photography and Printmaking Collide exhibition currently on view in the Parkway Central Library’s… continue reading Aesthetic Collisions
By written by Communications Office April 7, 2008
Quite possibly, says Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and chair of the London-based Society of Authors . A recent piece in the Times quotes her as saying that the traditional… continue reading Will Internet Book Piracy Drive Authors to Stop Writing?
By written by Communications Office April 4, 2008
"In all the years that I've been writing--15 years now--there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review , and that's the graphic novel," says author Jodi… continue reading More Writers Drawn to Comics
By written by Communications Office April 2, 2008