We've survived two Mondays (well a Monday and a Thursday, the second just felt like a Monday because we were all off enjoying Canada Day) and are about to head into a weekend that contains loads of fresh air and a visit to the London Book Fair. Booksellers: we look forward to sharing a pint or two on Sunday evening for our pub night. And now, on to bookish links for this Friday afternoon:
Our beloved James Frey hits the virtual newswaves this week for his latest project, a series of YA novels whose film rights have already been sold to Dreamworks.
Yet another beloved, Let the Great World Spin, arrived in bookstores this week and even hit the Amazon top 100.
The very last beloved words for this week: A.J. Jacobs sent in the following blurb for our upcoming book, The Curse of the Labrador Duck: "The Curse of the Labrador Duck is a fascinating wild goose chase (where the geese are all dead and aren't technically geese). Glen Chilton -- currently my favorite hard-drinking ornithologist -- is a wonderful guide, with prose that calls to mind James Herriot and Bill Bryson."
The July/August issue of NewBooks magazine will have a "big" interview with author M.J. Hyland.
Barnes and Noble in the US have developed a pretty interesting iPhone app. I'd love to hear if anyone in the .ca downloaded and tried it out, if that's even possible?
Heather Reisman says, "Books are not disappearing in any way, shape or form.”
Gail Vaz-Oxlade, host of the totally addictive 'Til Debt Do Us Part, will publish a book with us in January 2010 called Debt Free Forever: Taking Control of Your Money & Your Life. She came into the office this week for a quick meeting and left with 4 copies of Kerry K. Taylor's 397 Ways to Save Money for a contest on her blog. Act quickly or they'll all be gone!
Book Army sets out the top Lit-Flicks. Agree or disagree?
According to Seth Godin, Malcolm is wrong and Chris is right. Again, agree or disagree?
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