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  • Book News: Jenny Uglow Wins National Award for Arts Writing
    Michael Rogers - 05/15/2008
    Arts Club of Washington names Nature's Engraver top book. More
  • Q&A With Cleveland's Andrew Venable
    Norman Oder - 05/15/2008
    This continues the Q&A with Andrew Venable, retiring director of the Cleveland Public Library, that appeared in the 5/15/08 print edition of Library Journal. More
  • Book News: Webcast Tackles Large Print Issues
    Michael Rogers - 05/06/2008
    LJ’s Best Practices in Large Print webcast clearly proved that there is far more to the subject that “do you have large print or not.” More
  • LJ Reviewer Profile
    By Anna Katterjohn - 05/06/2008
    A California girl and ten-year LJ reviewer of Asian American fiction, Shirley N. Quan collects pigs and rubber stamps, loves inspirational chick lit and novels set in Hawaii, and considers the value and shortcomings of Amy Tan’s influence in the United States. More
  • Book News: Bantam Giving Libraries Free Copies of L’Amour Book
    Michael Rogers - 05/06/2008
    To celebrate Louis L’Amour’s centennial, his long-time publisher Bantam Books is “offering a complimentary copy” of a new hardcover edition of his volume Education of a Wandering Man “to every one of the more than 100,000 free libraries in the U.S. More
  • Book News: Pen Names 2008 Award Winners
    Michael Rogers - 04/30/2008
    The Pen American Center April 24 named the 2008 winners of its prestigious annual literary awards. More
  • Book News: Guillermo del Toro Directing The Hobbit
    Michael Rogers - 04/29/2008
    New Line Cinema April 24 announced that Guillermo del Toro indeed has signed on to direct The Hobbit as well as a sequel detailing the action during the time period between The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. More
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