The everyman reviewer website LitMob has a page of "Local Picks", on which they have listings for some great indie bookstores. Magers & Quinn wants to join their ranks. It would really help to have some of our dedicated fans would write them in support of our bid.If you'd be so kind as to drop … Continue reading Pick Us
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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
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
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