News This Week
Once a week Logos will post news from the publishing and book selling industry. Our favorite stories.. a list of the best links.
News This Week (September 4th)
Jonathan Franzen picks his favorite 4 novels. Top ten type faces of the decade. The Oxford English Dictionary will not be printed again. John Cusack will star in Raven, a film about Edgar Allan Poe. A 6-year-old gets a 23-book deal with Strategic Book Publishing, but it may not be a very good deal.... »
News This Week (August 28th)
New recordings from Bob Dylan will be released. President Obama is seen leaving a bookstore with a galley of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. J. M. Barrie maybe related to two mummified infants found in a trunk. A business professor replaces text books with graphic novels. The most exciting university presses. Seattle libraries close for a... »
News This Week (August 21st)
Ray Bradbury declares our country in need of a revolution. Rooney Mara will star in the American version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Was there a real-life Quasimodo? Viggo Mortensen will star in the film adaptation of On the Road. Two New Jersey libraries remove gay themed books. Why does Miami-Dade county... »
News This Week (August 14th)
Richard Price becomes Jay Morris and writes detective fiction. Read an interview with Don DeLillo. Jay-Z is writing a memoir. In the event of a massive book death, new uses for books. A new social networking site based on books. Tolkein and Dickens decedents collaborate on a children’s fantasy. The most overrated writers of... »
News This Week – Favorite Fiction in Recipes
This week Savuer posted recipes from some of their favorite fiction titles. Check them out! The Joy Luck Club: Eggplant in Garlic Sauce Eat Pray Love: Cacio e Pepe Pasta Sauce Le Grand Bouffe: Jacques Pepin’s Apple Tart Chocolat: Chocolate Truffles Willy Wonka: Chocolate Sauce Dim Sum Funeral: Pork Bao »
News This Week (August 7th)
David Eggers opens a school in Sudan. Read an excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography. A graphic novel will be made from an unused Jim Henson Script. Batman No. 1 is for sale. Barnes & Noble might be for sale. See the trailer to Norwegian Wood. Newsweek finds a new picture of J. D. Salinger.... »
News This Week (July 31st)
Read a Brett Easton Ellis interview. Penguin uses Kite Runner to generate aide for Afghanistan. See the comic-book art of Jim Steranko. A scheme is in the works to send books to children. The top medical graphic novels. See the rejected covers for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Robert Kirkman starts a new... »
News This Week (July 17th)
Ernest Hemingway gets his own shoes. Harvey Pekar dies at 70, and is remembered: Our own Ray Gabriel Is Greater Than Partners West The Guardian UK BBC Pitchfork New Yorker Book Bench New York Times Sonia Sotomayor will pubish her memoir. The history of the word “robot”. Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography will be published... »
News This Week (July 10th)
See this year’s 50 best book designs. Geoffrey Hill is the new Oxford professor of poetry. An unpublished Mark Twain manuscript fetches $242,000 at auction. Read about the great Shakespeare hoax. Learn more about John Updike. Henry Winkler read his first novel in his thirties. Johnny Depp plays Gonzo again. Tom Stoppard talks about... »
News This Week (June 19th)
Every week Logos employees collect the most interesting news bits from the book and music world… A visual application of Ulysses is censored by Apple, then rethought. Eoin Colfer is writing adult fiction. What Americans used to read. What to do when your co-author is accused of murder for hire? Borders is struggling. Ghostwriting... »
