The family of Lucy Maud Mongtomery, author of the beloved "Anne of Green Gables" series of young adult novels, has recently revealed that the author's death in 1942 was in fact suicide. The news came in an article in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper written by the Montogomery's granddaughter Kate Macdonald Butler.Montgomery struggled with depression … Continue reading Depression’s Cost–Part 2
Palahniuk Schwag
We've got free passes to the new movie version of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke. The screening will be 7:30pm on this coming Thursday at Uptown's own Lagoon Cinema. Passes are available while they last.Here's the movie's trailer.We also have tshirts promoting Choke (the movie). They're free with any Palahniuk book you care to purchase in … Continue reading Palahniuk Schwag
High Praise Indeed
Salman Rushdie raved about Italo Calvino's 1965 book Cosmicomics on NPR recently. He called the collection of short stories, "possibly the most enjoyable story collection ever written, a book that will frequently make you laugh out loud at its mischievous mastery, capricious ingenuity and nerve."What more is there to say?--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 