Best Pictures

Bink and Gollie is a powerhouse of a kid's book. It was written by Alison McGhee and Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Tony Fucile. The stories and the language are charming, and the pictures are as quirky and energetic as the title characters. All that star power has paid off: Bink and Gollie is on … Continue reading Best Pictures

Whodunnit?

India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh blamed the country's illegal trade in owls on the usual suspects--blackmarket medicinal and religious uses--and on one very unusual suspect: a fictional boy wizard. "Following Harry Potter, there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls," Mr Ramesh said. His … Continue reading Whodunnit?

Surprise!

Longshot contender Howard Jacobson today won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel The Finkler Question.Details are here.--David E