An NBCC board member gives an inside look at what it means to be a judge. It involves a lot of reading of books, and then some more reading of books.
Category: News
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Events on Thursday, Jan. 25
From Christopher D. Ringwald’s A DAY APART press release:
Ringwald is a journalist (and a former Times Union reporter) and educator based as a visiting scholar at The Sage Colleges in Albany, NY. A DAY APART has been hailed by Asma Gull Hassan as “a solemn, brilliant call to multi-faith commonalities and by Solomon Schimmel as “illuminating and inspiring.”
(Oxford University Press, Jan. 2007; Aly Mostel, publicist, 212 726-6111)
Lecture by author. Thursday, January 25, 2007. Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Ave., Albany, NY. Sponsored by Friends of the Albany Public Library. Contact John Sirin (518) 427-4344) or sirinj@uhls.lib.ny.us
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Vanity Fair reviews O.J.’s unpublished book
That’s right. They did it on “If I Did It.” You can read James Walcott’s review here. One of the best lines is a paranthetical:
(who knew a book about a double homicide could be so flipping coy?)
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News from the world of books
- MJ Auch has a new book out about an 11-year-old who loses a hand and must learn to live with it. The story is here.
- A blogger suggests that Boswell was a prototypical blogger.
- The New York Times next author up for serializing a novel is none other than Pulitzer-winner Michael Chabon.
- The NEA director of the Big Read plans to blog about related events around the country.
- Ryszard Kapuscinski, the world famous Polish writer and journalist, has died in Warsaw at the age of 74.
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William Kennedy and the Oscars
My colleague Mark McGuire recently caught up with William Kennedy and his process of preparing to vote for the Academy Awards.
Click more for the full article.
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Events for Wednesday, Jan. 24
Novelist John Ringo, the miltary science fiction and adventure author, signs his latest thriller “Unto the Breach” at 7 pm at Flights of Fantasy bookstore (488 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville NY 435-9337). -
Events on Wednesday, Jan. 24
From Christopher D. Ringwald’s A DAY APART press release:
Ringwald is a journalist (and a former Times Union reporter) and educator based as a visiting scholar at The Sage Colleges in Albany, NY. A DAY APART has been hailed by Asma Gull Hassan as “a solemn, brilliant call to multi-faith commonalities and by Solomon Schimmel as “illuminating and inspiring.”
(Oxford University Press, Jan. 2007; Aly Mostel, publicist, 212 726-6111)
Reception and book signing. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, 5:30-7 p.m. Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, 140 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY 12208 (at intersection of New Scotland and Lake avenues just west of Albany Medical Center) Contact author.
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Caldecott and Newberry awards
From the Book Standard:
The American Library Association today announced the winners of several major literary awards for children’s and young adult books, including the Caldecott and Newbery Medal, from its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.
Susan Patron, author of The Higher Power of Lucky, won the 2007 John Newbery Medal, for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature. The winner of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature is the graphic novel American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang.
The story is here.
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Spelling Bee for adults
Albany Public library plans a spelling bee for adults next month. More info here. Any hopefuls out there?
