2016-03-19 18:53
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My other blog (Amy On The Web) has also m… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Here’s a handy list: SF/F Writers Who Blog.
The list includes writers such as Gwenda Bond, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Robert J. Sawyer, and Edward Willett.
Via SF Signal Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Now, if only there were a test… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
There’s a great post over at The Millions in which we learn how to pronounce the names of certain authors.
Hard To Pronounce Literary Names tells us the correct pronunciation for J. N… Read More
2006-08-24 14:34
Daniel Pennac has a new book forthcoming called The Rights Of The Reader.
It sounds like it's going to be good. Here's the Reader's Bill of Rights which he has put together.
It features… Read More
2006-08-23 17:04
Here’s a fun quiz for fans of Jane Austen: So You Think You Know Jane Austen?
The quiz is based on the book by the same name by John Sutherland.Jane Austen is my all-time favourite au… Read More
2006-08-22 13:56
The family of Samuel Taylor Coleridge has donated important archival material to the British Library.
The collection holds letters and a manuscript of a previously unknown work.
It’s… Read More
2006-08-21 12:49
I’ve recently re-discovered a handy tool for finding new authors to read.
The Literature Map: The Tourist Map of Literature tells you what authors are similar to authors you already… Read More
2006-08-20 00:17
The people at Coudal Partners came up with an amusing challenge: they asked visitors to combine the name of a band with the name of a book.
Some samples were “Of Mice and Men At Work… Read More
2006-08-18 12:47
Kenneth Oppel, the Governor General award-winning author of the Silverwing series, is doing his bit for charity.
He will be auctioning off the opportunity to name a character in his next bo… Read More
2006-08-17 12:56
Michael Cassutt has put together a light-hearted little quiz that asks What Kind of Science Fiction Writer Are You?
Even those of us who will never write a word of SF can answer the questio… Read More
2006-08-16 12:22
Egyptian Nobel Prize winning author Naguib Mahfouz is gravely ill.
According to the CBC, Mahfouz is in a Cairo hospital suffering complications from a liver dysfunction.
Via CBC.ca Read More
2006-08-15 13:52
Frank Wilson at Books, Inq. reported a while back on an interesting list we could compile: Those Authors Who Dominate Your Shelves.
The rules for the list are simple; if we have five books… Read More
2006-08-14 11:28
Here’s a useful resource for those who have fond memories of their childhood reading but who can’t remember the name of a particular book: Stump the Booksellers.
For $2.00, rea… Read More
2006-08-13 09:43
The British Library has a nifty exhibition right now: Front Page: Celebrating 100 Years of the British Newspaper 1906—2006.
The online component of the exhibition allows us to read… Read More
2006-08-12 11:30
The homestead where Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables has now been designated as part of a national historic site.
According to the CBC, “The new designation also includ… Read More
2006-08-11 16:39
Matthew Cornell has a post explaining how to read a book quickly.
He actually has several methods listed; the one he proposes comes from Jason Womack.
It involves reading the following sec… Read More
2006-08-10 08:13
J. K. Rowling spells out what we can and can’t expect from her last book (at least in terms of Dumbledore).
Rowling has said that more characters will die in her seventh and final boo… Read More
2006-08-09 14:44
This is not a joke: a comma placement in a contract may cost Rogers Communications Inc. $2.13 million dollars.
Via Hassenpfeffer Read More
2006-08-08 14:37
Here’s a nifty list: fiction that features math.
Site owner Alex Kasman says, “The Mathematical Fiction Homepage is my attempt to collect information about all significant refe… Read More
2006-08-07 14:11
Check out the Guardian article titled ”Claws Out Over Hemingway’s Six-Toed Cats”.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to start fining the owners of the musem that w… Read More
2006-08-06 10:51
The Domesday Book is now online thanks to the National Archives in England.
I especially liked browsing through the list of names of Essex landowners. I saw the names of Countess Judith; Wa… Read More
2006-08-05 13:37
Do you have a little time on your hands? Check out Franz Kafka’s Trivia Challenge.
Here’s Round 1:
For the last thirty years, M-----'s gait has been gradually slowing under an… Read More
2006-08-04 17:28
Fans of P.D. James might be interested to know that it was her birthday yesterday.
The woman who is the master writer of mysteries has an interesting web page that includes an ”About… Read More
2006-08-04 17:14
Today scientists will be revealing the original words on a manuscript written by Archimedes.
A medieval monk had scraped away the text and diagrams by Archimedes and created a prayer book i… Read More
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