by Michelle | Dec 17, 2007 | The Literary World
“Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding fairy tales, referenced in the last book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is one of only...
by Michelle | Dec 12, 2007 | The Literary World
Just couldn’t pass this up…The Top 10 Most Manly Writers Ever From the eNotes Book Blog: “So who would win in a fistfight? Ernest Hemingway or Norman Mailer? James Fenimore Cooper or William S. Burroughs? This week we present the most burly, manly...
by Michelle | Dec 10, 2007 | The Literary World
The authorities have finally rumbled the nation’s most famous illegal immigrant. That’s right. They’ve got Paddington Bear in a jail cell, waiting to be interrogated. No, really; I’m serious… In a surprisingly political opening chapter to...
by Michelle | Dec 3, 2007 | The Literary World
A private buyer has paid £5,400 at auction for a book alleged to be bound in the skin of a Jesuit priest executed over the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Did you have to read that twice? ‘Cause I did. BBC News has the full report. And, in case you were wondering, that...
by Michelle | Nov 28, 2007 | Fantasy, Horror
I’m Jaz Parks. My boss is Vayl, born in Romania in 1744. Died there too, at the hand of his vampire wife, Liliana. But that’s ancient history. For the moment Vayl works for the C.I.A. doing what he does best–assassination. And I help. You could say...
