Wednesday, July 30, 2008

old grocery lists

Not sure its book-worthy, but this is a great idea. A performance artist took old discarded grocery lists and imagined their authors' lives through items on the list, handwriting, etc. Now I finally know what to do with all those old grocery lists I throw out!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Booker Prize longlist is announced

No surprises really, but the 2008 nominees on the Booker Prize's longlist are overwhelmingly male. However, 5 first-time novelists are in the running this year...