Bluestalking
reader, writer, reviewer: bluestocking with a vengeance
June 26, 2012
January 17, 2012
Book Trailer: The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
January 06, 2012
December 21, 2011
Book Links from 2011: A brief retrospective
I don't keep very good track of all the book and literary-related articles I read through the year, nor the videos I watch, either. Maybe that would be a good 2012 resolution, since by the end of the year I've ingested so much great stuff I wish I could share the best of the best of it with you all. It's a busy, hectic, over-informed world out there; we're all bound to have missed some outrageously good stuff when we're off doing other things.
What I've collected here is no reflection on my 2011 book-related reading. I'm at a loss as to how to go about finding it all again. I suppose I can't, though, without trolling through my "history" on all the computers I've used.
Quick answer: That isn't going to happen.
So, alas and alack, a mere shadow of highlights from the literary world in 2011 is the best I can do. Hope you enjoy these bits.
One of my fave YouTube videos of 2011, from World Book Day:
Edinburgh International Book Festival, "The Book I Bought Today:"
Favorite laugh-out-loud book trailers of 2011:
Sebastian Barry, on On Canaan's Side and his nomination for the Booker:
Julian Barnes on winning the Man Booker Prize for The Sense of An Ending:
Téa Obreht on winning the Orange Prize for The Tiger's Wife:
Edna O'Brien, "I'm sorry books don't have the same cachet as a pair of jeans:"
From Mashable: 50 + Sites for Book Lovers.
Articles from The Atlantic: A Tumultuous Year in Books
The Phenomenal New York Review of Books
The incredible, amazing 2011 upstart the Los Angeles Review of Books
From the Huffington Post: Stereotyping You By Your Favorite Book of 2011
If you care about serious writing and don't know The Millions, you should.
2012: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens!
Dickens' 200th Birthday... Well... Discussed by Sock Puppets (I am so sorry)
The "new" Charlotte Bronte manuscript.
In Memoriam: Writers Lost in 2011
(By no means a comprehensive list)
Vanity Fair: Slideshow - In Memoriam of Christopher Hitchens.
So much richness, so little time. What have I missed? Anything you would add?
January 05, 2010
Book Sequel: Six-Word Memoirs
Blog Disclaimer: I wasn't given a copy of this book, and haven't even seen it physically. I'm just a fan of the six-word memoir. I saw the trailer and wanted to pass it on as something worth taking a look at.
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