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News and features
Have you heard of The Green Carnation Prize? Its a new kudos only prize for authors of great gay literature.
Amazon has been busy: its now introduced Facebook gift cards.
Speaking of Amazon, Amazon and Melville House are still having a bit of a spat.
Dont forget to check out our newest posts: competition round ups, new releases, book reviews, and more!
Interviews
The Book Zone for Boys interviews Panama Oxridge, author of Justin Thyme.
Cynthia Leitich Smith interviews Lisa Schroeder, author of a number of YA books in verse, about the writing process.
Reviews
Amy at Amy Reads reviews Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.
Larry at The OF Blog reviews Dying by Rene Belletto.
Forbes.com looks at the similarities between The Passage by Justin Cronin and Nemesis by Philip Roth.
Musings
Leann at the Cosy Chicks Blog muses on the reach of a book.
Author RL Lafevers talks about taking risks.
The National Post reflects on respecting the serious graphic novel.
Just for fun
Love words? Why not adopt a neglected one?
Quote of the Day
The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and its icy, and Im in bare feet. Mary Higgins Clark
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Adopt a word? How fun! And similarities b/w The Passage and Nemesis? Not sure I want to finish The Passage now did not like Nemesis ;)
Also, thanks for the link :)
Amy recently posted..Review- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
My pleasure, Amy. Ive been meaning to read Heart-Shaped Box for years now, so I enjoyed your review.
Ive heard mixed things about both The Passage and Nemesis, so well see! :)
Hmm, Im really not so sure about the whole Facebook gift card thing. Maybe Im just not addicted enough to Facebook!
And, umm, the adopt-a-word site might be my new favorite thing!!
Erin recently posted..Thoughts on 'Moonlight Mile' by Dennis Lehane
Im too stingy to spend money on Facebook, hehe. Its funnyI love Twitter, but Facebook is more of a chore for me.
I know, Im tempted to adopt all of those poor lonely words!