Archive for March 4th, 2010

National Grammar Day

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Happy National Grammar Day! As Grammar Girl points out, “Language is something to be celebrated, and March 4 is the perfect day to do it. It’s not only a date, it’s an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!”

Books in Paris

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Shakespeare-and-Company-Paris

The Guardian Book Blog visits the legendary Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. Have a fun trip.

BN winners

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

From Shelf Awareness: Winners of Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Awards:

Fiction:

First prize: Victor Ladato, for Mathilda Savitch (FSG)
Second prize: Barbara Johnson, for More of This World or Maybe Another (HarperPerennial)
Third prize: C.E. Morgan, for All the Living (FSG)

Nonfiction:

First prize: Dave Cullen, for Columbine (Twelve)
Second prize: Toby Lester, for The Fourth Part of the World (Free Press)
Third prize: Neil White, for In the Sanctuary of Outcasts (Morrow)