Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore is stepping forward to help the flood-ravaged Cedar Rapids Public Library. The library was inundated last June, and while FEMA will fund a new building, they will not cover the books themselves. From Publishers Weekly: "[Cedar Rapids bookstore] Mystery Cat and Once Upon a Crime are soliciting collectible books, … Continue reading Drying Out
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Little Show on the Prairie
Earlier this week Iowa Public Radio announced that it is canceling the long-running show Live from Prairie Lights, which it coproduced with Iowa City's Prairie Lights bookstore. (The full article is here.) The news prompted an opinion piece in the Iowa City Press-Citizen that could have come right out of The Onion. In a piece … Continue reading Little Show on the Prairie
Up and Coming and in Minneapolis
This just in from Publishers Weekly: "Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le is the second winner of the biannual Dylan Thomas Book Prize, which awards £60,000 ($100,000) to a writer under 30 and working in English." (The full report is here.) Le won for his book The Boat, whose seven short stories travel the globe almost as … Continue reading Up and Coming and in Minneapolis
Musings from Magers and Quinn 