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    Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Steve Jobs as adorable manga man

    Using Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography as a frame, award-winning author Mari Yamazaki has created a manga version of the life of Apple founder Steve Jobs. It's being serialized in the Japanese comic magazine Kiss, alongside tales of teen love....

    Tags: Google+, Stephen Colbert, Entertainment Events, Steve Jobs, Nobel Prize Awards

    2. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Random House sees 'Fifty Shades' of profit, thanks to E.L. James

    Publishing giant Random House posted <a href=&quot;http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/56530-profits-jumped-75-at-random-house.html">record profits</a> last year, Publisher's Weekly reports. Thanks to E.L. James' "Fifty Shades" trilogy, revenue at the Bertelsmann-owned publisher exceeded $420 million in 2012 -- up a staggering 75% from the year before.
    Publishing giant Random House posted record profits last year, Publisher's Weekly reports. Thanks to E.L. James' "Fifty Shades" trilogy, revenue at the Bertelsmann-owned publisher exceeded $420 million in 2012 -- up a staggering 75% from the year before....

    Tags: Rod Stewart, John Grisham, The New York Times, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Entertainment Events

    3. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Stephen Colbert awards Junot Diaz the Nobel Prize?

    Stephen Colbert had author Junot Diaz on his show Monday night to talk about immigration. He introduced Diaz by saying, &quot;My guest tonight won a Nobel Prize and a MacArthur Genius grant."
    Stephen Colbert had author Junot Diaz on his show Monday night to talk about immigration. He introduced Diaz by saying, "My guest tonight won a Nobel Prize and a MacArthur Genius grant." Sure, Diaz has been racking up awards like nobody's business. He...

    Tags: Migration, Financial Aid, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Colleges and Universities, F. Scott Fitzgerald

    4. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Story Prize goes to Claire Vaye Watkins

    Author Claire Vaye Watkins was awarded the Story Prize in New York on Wednesday evening for her debut collection, "Battleborn." As winner she receives $20,000. Two finalists for the prize -- Dan Chaon for "Stay Awake" and Junot Diaz for "This Is How You...

    Tags: Judges, Google+, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Bob Dylan

    5. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Literature Prize launches as $60,000 Folio Prize

    It's a big day for prize announcements: The Literature Prize announced its formation and sponsor Wednesday at a news conference at the British Library in London. The idea for the prize came into being when a group of British intellectuals took umbrage at the direction they saw the Booker Prize taking -- they saw it leaning toward popular fiction rather than literary fiction.
    It's a big day for prize announcements: The Literature Prize announced its formation and sponsor Wednesday at a news conference at the British Library in London. The idea for the prize came into being when a group of British intellectuals took umbrage...

    Tags: Judges, John Freeman, Arts and Culture, Michael Chabon, Literature

    6. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Lisa See is coming to the L.A. Times Festival of Books: Author Q&A

    The L.A. Times Festival of Books is on the horizon -- April 21-22, to be exact. In the coming weeks, we'll be talking to some of the authors who will be there; the first is bestselling novelist Lisa See.
    The L.A. Times Festival of Books is on the horizon -- April 21-22, to be exact. In the coming weeks, we'll be talking to some of the authors who will be there; the first is bestselling novelist Lisa See. The author of "Dreams of Joy," "Snow Flower and...

    Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, George Saunders, Google+, University of California, Los Angeles

    7. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Thank you, readers

    Thank you, readers,
    Thank you, readers, A year ago, Printers Row started a conversation about books and ideas. It bubbled out of these pages and into auditoriums filled with people like you: people who are passionate about reading. We’ve seen how hungry our readers...

    Tags: Arts and Culture

    8. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Back-to-back book festivals coming this fall

    Book lovers in the Baltimore-Washington area should circle September on their calendars, to save dates for a pair of big festivals.
    Book lovers in the Baltimore-Washington area should circle September on their calendars, to save dates for a pair of big festivals. The Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held Sept. 21 and 22 on the mall in Washington. The event always...

    Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Festive Events, Baltimore Book Festival, Arts and Culture, Library of Congress

    9. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. National Book Critics Circle Award winners announced

    First-time novelist Ben Fountain won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction Thursday for &ldquo;Billy Lynn&rsquo;s Long Halftime Walk,&rdquo; a darkly comic send-up of the emotional and cultural aftermath of the Iraq War.
    First-time novelist Ben Fountain won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction Thursday for “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” a darkly comic send-up of the emotional and cultural aftermath of the Iraq War. The awards were...

    Tags: Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011), Authors, Lyndon B. Johnson

    10. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Searching for Proust in his papers -- and finding his mother

    A mother looms over the narrator &mdash; figuratively and literally &mdash; in Marcel Proust&rsquo;s masterpiece, the seven-volume novel &ldquo;In Search of Lost Time.&rdquo; Not that it&rsquo;s a big surprise, but thanks to an exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, we now know that a similarly dominant mother figure loomed over Proust in real life.
    A mother looms over the narrator — figuratively and literally — in Marcel Proust’s masterpiece, the seven-volume novel “In Search of Lost Time.” Not that it’s a big surprise, but thanks to an exhibit at the Morgan...

    Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Yamim Noraim

    11. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Toni Morrison hangs out at a digital book signing on Google+ today

    Call it, if you will, the virtual literary event of the year. Or of February at least. Toni Morrison, the grande dame of American letters, is holding what&rsquo;s billed as a &quot;first-of-its-kind digital book signing" Wednesday at noon PST (3 p.m. EST).
    Call it, if you will, the virtual literary event of the year. Or of February at least. Toni Morrison, the grande dame of American letters, is holding what’s billed as a "first-of-its-kind digital book signing" Wednesday at noon PST (3 p.m. EST)....

    Tags: Google Play, Google+, Black History, Book, Ellie Goulding

    12. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Junot Diaz lands on shortlist for $45,000 British short story prize

    Dominican American writer Junot Diaz is on the shortlist for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award. The British prize is said to be the world's largest for a single short story: The winner will receive more than $45,000.
    Dominican American writer Junot Diaz is on the shortlist for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award. The British prize is said to be the world's largest for a single short story: The winner will receive more than $45,000. It's Diaz's...

    Tags: Republic of Ireland, The New York Times, Google+, Authors

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