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November 20, 2008

Stories in Funny:

Notebook: Hugo, Zell, Facebook Hamlet, Orangeless

Hugo awards best novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon. Tor books has nice coverage of the awards. [Thx Cory D.] More: hugoawards.com.
Fishbowl LA: Will the Zell Book Sell?
M&M points us to Sarah Schmelling’s acutely cool HAMLET (Facebook News Feed Edition). We pay it forward to you. BTW: Michelle Nicolosi’s smart Google [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, August 12th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Deals, Funny, New Release 2008, Newspapers, OC, Prizes and awards

Notebook: fREADom, “real” literacy and black humor

About Uncle Bobby: In Uncle Bobby’s Wedding a niece worries that her uncle’s upcoming wedding will change her relationship with him. P.S. The characters are guinea pigs. P.P.S. Uncle Bobby is gay. One Colorado library patron wrote the local paper to say the children’s picture book was a “slap in [her] face” and urged other [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, July 28th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Children's books, Freedom to read, Funny, Jobs/labor relations, Libraries, Literacy, Los Angeles, New Release 2008, Newspapers, Sad

Book biz

Melony Vance, of Latitude 33 Bookshop in Laguna Beach, recaps the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association’s recent Authors Feast in LA.
The highlight of the evening was the announcement of the SCIBA Book Award winners. And the highpoint of that event was the renaming of the mystery award to The T. Jefferson Parker SCIBA Mystery [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, October 31st, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Booksellers, Events and festivals, Funny, Prizes and awards, Southern California