Johnny Depp has announced his intention to produce and provide the lead character's voice for an animated film based on four short stories by Charles Bukowski, hard-living, hard-drinking author of Barfly, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, and (aptly enough) Hollywood. And it gets better."How the Dead Live" will be directed by Gabor Csupo, animator … Continue reading It’s Like "Pirates of the Caribbean" Meets "A Million Little Pieces" Meets "Fritz the Cat"
Bonny Town
Scottish author Ian Rankin has written a fascinating article posted on the blog of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. (It's official: everyone has a blog now.) He writes on the long and rich history of literature in Edinburgh. Rankin is also the author of my new favorite series of police procedurals, the John Rebus novels.Kate Atkinson's recent … Continue reading Bonny Town
Think Spring
Powells.com has profiled Amy Stewart, author of Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers. The article focuses on the author herself, rather than on her expose of the international bloom trade. (You can read about that in the most recent New York Times Sunday Book Review.)The Powells interview … Continue reading Think Spring
