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U.S. Author Wins
Top French Prize : American author Richard Ford's novel Canada
about a boy whose parents rob a bank on Wednesday won the Femina Prize for best
foreign novel, one of France's top literary awards.
'A Time to Kill'
Sets Closing Date : John Grisham may lure readers to his novels
in droves, but not to Broadway: The stage adaptation of his best-selling book A
Time To Kill will close there on November 17, the producers announced on
Wednesday.
McSweeney's
Crowdfunding Campaign: For its 15th birthday, the San
Francisco-based literary quarterly founded by Dave Eggers has kicked off a
crowdfunding campaign to raise $15. Yes, $15.
'Book Domino'
World Record Attempt : Watch a Belgium book association's
attempt to set a new world record for the longest "book domino"
chain. Using almost 5,000 books, the chain tumbles through the Antwerp book
fair, spelling the Dutch words for 'book', 'fair' and 'read'. Cape Town Library
holds the current record of 2,586 books.
Zinn 'Read In'
at Purdue Draws a Crowd : More than 100 people came together
Tuesday at Purdue to read and celebrate the work of controversial anti-war
historian Howard Zinn, whose name has been uttered frequently around campus
this year.
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