February 2009

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Next week (Feb. 22-28), Freedom to Read is celebrating their 25th anniversary. Freedom to Read is part of the Book and Periodical Council, and discusses censorship issues in Canada. The following is taken from their position statement: “As writers, editors, publishers, book manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and librarians, we abhor arbitrary interpretations of the law and…Read More

Maybe Carmen Sandiego will steal Section 92A.

An update to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will no longer discriminate against readers’ states of mortality.

Coraline is the first stop-motion feature film shot in stereoscopic 3D, and in more ways than one, it’s a work of art.

A common convention in certain types of literature – frequently the type that enjoys Capitalizing every third word or so for Effect or involves maidens and Virtue (or lack thereof) – is leaving random blanks for place names and people. For the longest time, I assumed this was to make novels easier to relate to…Read More

Food lovers have their food porn, and the literary have library smut: pictures of libraries which frequently feature either the rare books section or an aspect of the architecture. Whether driven to library smut from a lack of geographically convenient locations or because your literary heaven of choice is 98% concrete, 2% funky smell, the…Read More