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The New York Times' Best Books Of 2009

The New York Times | The New York Times Book Review | Posted 11.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Peter Ackroyd, Barbara Kingsolver, Best Books, Lorrie Moore, Books, Literary Prizes, Harold Evans, Sag Harbor, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Frankenstein, Jay McInerney, Holiday News, Ishiguro, Jay, Booker Prize, Cheever, Colum McCann, National Book Awards, Columbine, Karen Armstrong, Bestsellers, Ayn Rand, Notable Books, Open, New York Times, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Books News

The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables list. It was not easy pickin...

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The 16th Annual Giller Prize and the Future of Literature in a Digital Age

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Doris Giller, Literature Prizes, Literature, A Fine Balance, Jack Rabinovitch, Canadians, Margaret Atwood, Canada, Rohinton Mistry, Literature Awards, Authors, Linden Macintyre, Kim Echlin, Giller Prize, Scotiabank, Canadian Literature, Annabel Lyon, Alice Munro, Colin Mcadam, Anne Michaels, Books News
Marissa Bronfman

Last night the 16th annual Giller Prize celebrated excellence in Canadian literature, reminding us of the incredible dedication, passion and talent with which authors in this great nation write.

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Miami Book Fair Going Strong This Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Tracey Kidder, Books, Margaret Atwood, Mary Karr Lit, Book Fair, Lit, Author Events, Book Fairs, Barbara Kingsolver Lacuna, Margaret Atwood Year of the Flood, Authors, Miami Book Fair, Joyce Carol Oates, Year of the Flood, Orhan Pamuk, Ruth Reichl, Author Readings, Gourmet, Sherman Alexie, Lacuna, Jonathan Lethem, Mary Karr, Reading, Miami, Isabella Rossellini, Books News

All this week, Miami is celebrating the world of literature with its annual Book Fair. Running from November 8 - 15 and open to the public for a small...

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Margaret Atwood, Anne Rice, Kazuo Ishiguro And Others Share Their Writing Tips

Wall Street Journal | ALEXANDRA ALTER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Anne Rice, John Wray, Writers, Junot Diaz, Books, Writing, Writing Strategies, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Writing Techniques, Nicholson Baker, Edwidge Danticat, Colum McCann, Laura Lippman, Authors, Kate Christensen, Richard Powers, Writer's Block, Orhan Pamuk, Writing Tips, Dan Chaon, Russell Banks, Hilary Mantel, Writing Secrets, Amitav Gosh, Kazuo Ishiguro, Books News

Richard Powers lounges in bed all day and speaks his novels aloud to a laptop computer with voice-recognition software. Junot Diaz, author of the Puli...

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Meatless Monday: Burning Down the House

Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Bon Appetit Management, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Floor, Low-Carbon Diet, John Ash, Food, Green News
Ellen Kanner

The earth is our home. It's been letting us live here rent free for six million years. The least we can do is not trash the place. Please -- that b...

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Chicago's Women & Children Inspires Three Decades of Writers and Readers

Gina Frangello | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Women’s Voices Fund, Publishing Industry, Chicago Writers, Books, Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Feminist Bookstores, Margaret Atwood, Women & Children First, Maya Angelou, Bookstores, Chicago Authors, Adrienne Rich, Women and Children First, Chicago News
Gina Frangello

By the early 1990s, there were more than 100 feminist bookstores in the U.S. Now, after the explosion of chain bookstores and a changing political climate, there are a mere seven remaining.

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Quebec Says Non to Arts Funding Cuts, Stephen Harper

Kriston Capps | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Canada Politics Arts Funding, Giles Duceppe, Montreal, Tories, Quebec, Stephen Harper, Bloc Quebecois, Quebecois, Margaret Atwood, Canadian Conservatives, Canadian Politics, Bq, Politics News
Kriston Capps

Canadian politician Stephen Harper, who hoped to realize his dream of a legislative majority by roughly doubling his party's standings in Quebec, won the election but lost the majority.

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