Too cool for your local coffeeshop? Maybe the Hipster Book Club is for you. An outgrowth of a LiveJournal community, the HBC has launched its own website, complete with member reviews and interviews with authors Sloane (I Was Told There'd Be Cake) Crosley and Josh (I Am Not Myself These Days) Kilmer-Purcell.The HBC pointed me … Continue reading Beret Not Included

One of my very first posts on this blog was about Jonathan Ames. Later, our book club read his novel Wake Up, Sir!. Now from Variety comes word that a screenplay by Ames has gotten the go-ahead from HBO and will soon be shot as a pilot. According to the newspaper, Bored to Death "will … Continue reading Through the Airwaves