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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Q&A: Kathy J. Phillips (The Moon in the Water) Graham Christian - 05/01/2008
Kathy J. Phillips (English, Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa) is the author of The Moon in the Water (for a review, see p. 50), an innovative book that brings together art appreciation, personal spirituality, East-West dialog, and issues of aging and caregiving. In the book Phillips uses images of the Buddhist goddess Kuan Yin to structure the story of her relationship with her father as he approaches...
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Q&A: Reeve Lindbergh (Forward from Here: Leaving Middle Age—and Other Unexpected Adventures) Stacey Rae Brownlie, Lancaster P.L., PA - 05/01/2008
In her new book, Forward from Here: Leaving Middle Age—and Other Unexpected Adventures(LJ 4/15/08), Reeve Lindbergh presents essays that gracefully reflect the skills of a woman accomplished as a novelist and children's book author, as well as a memoirist about her famous parents. From her longtime home in Vermont, she reflected on her latest work.
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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.
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