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October 11, 2008

Stories in Graphic novel:

Notebook: Smut, honors, anger, hope and business

Sunday in San Francisco: Dirty Words: Litquake’s Tribute to Smut, “a giddy homage to titillation and obscenity … a fundraiser starring a who’s who of Bay Area writers.” Details.
Congratulations to Heyday Books founder Malcolm Margolin on his San Francisco Foundation’s Community Leadership Award. From the Heyday newsletter: “The Helen Crocker Russell Award recognizes individuals and [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, August 2nd, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Anthology, Biography/memoir, Booksellers, Graphic novel, Jobs/labor relations, Journalism, Libraries, Long Beach, Marketing/promotion, New Release 2008, Newspapers, Politics/government, Prizes and awards, San Francisco, Spoken word

Remembering California authors

Sue Alexander, author 25 children’s books and a founding member of the Los Angeles-based Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, died on July 3. She was 74. Read more about her life and work at the Los Angeles Times.
Jules Tygel, historian of baseball and culture, died earlier this month in San Francisco. He was [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, July 14th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Graphic novel, Obituary, Sports

Mmm, that new book smell

Get yours from this round-up of Spring/Summer titles by California authors.
City Lights celebrates the 50th anniversary of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s A Coney Island of the Mind. “With one million copies in print, A Coney Island of the Mind is one of the best-selling and most popular books of poetry ever published,” says the bookstore of its [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, June 18th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Biography/memoir, Fiction, Food, Graphic novel, Language/grammar, Mystery/crime, New Release 2008, Poetry, Politics/government, Science, Short stories, Sports