The Flathead Beacon has a profile of the independent booksellers in Montana's Flathead County,just to the west of Glacier National Park. The moderately upbeat article--entitled "Flathead’s Remaining Bookstores Hang on Through Changing Times"--is interesting, but of real note is the slideshow tour of the stores themselves. I can't post it on this blog, but if … Continue reading Way Out West
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Iran's government is holding its first Satirical Book of the Year awards.I'm not kidding. One of the world's more repressive regimes, which regularly restricts publishers and bans books (ses details here, here, and here) hopes to "help raise the status of satire in Iran."Details of the awards are here. Winners will be announced December 16.--David … Continue reading Seriously
B’gosh and Begorrah!
Dublin's Independent newspaper recently talked to Maria Dickenson, who buys books for that city's branch of the Easons chain of bookstores, and asked her picks for the Christmas season's big sellers. Among her picks are some that you can expect to see flying off our shelves here in the states--Man Booker Prize-winner The Gathering by … Continue reading B’gosh and Begorrah!
Musings from Magers and Quinn 