Pillars of the Earth on the Small Screen

Ken Follett’s epic novel, Pillars of the Earth, will debut as a television mini-series this Friday on Starz. [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSa6AhEWebA&feature=player_embedded”] Will you be watching?

Farewell Frank McCourt

The author of the heartbreaking memoir Angela’s Ashes passed away on Sunday. Click here for the obituary from the New York Times.

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Frank Miller’s 300

After having seen Frank Miller’s 300 on opening night, I can tell you that it is brutal in its beauty, surreal in scope and cinematography, and totally gripping. It’s one of those films that, the more you think about it, the more it burrows under your...

National Book Critics Circle Awards

The NBCC Awards were announced on Thursday. Kiren Desai’s book The Inheritance of Loss won for best fiction. “In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the...

Vampires on Lifetime?

If you’re a fan of private investigator/vampire/preternatural fiction, you may be interested in a new television show based on Tanya Huff’s series featuring P.I. Vicki Nelson. Blood Ties will premiere on Sunday, March 11th at 9 p.m. (And, yes, this will,...