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Stephen King's "Under the Dome" the next bestseller - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 20 Nov 09

Exciting article about the new Stephen King book, with some funny stories about what fans are doing about it! (video interview follows)

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Maurice Sendak's Literary Influences: Wild Things! - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 23 Oct 09

Great article about the beloved children's author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak (Where The Wild Things Are) and his artistic and literary influences.

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Audrey Niffenegger - This year's publishing sensation - 0 views

shared by Anne Clarke on 16 Oct 09 - Snapshot

Anne Clarke on 16 Oct 09

Article on Audrey Niffenegger's hit bestseller, "The Time Traveler's Wife", and how it went from a small print book to a major Hollywood movie.

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Inside the mind of Herta Muller, 2009 Nobel Prize winner - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 09 Oct 09

This article discusses Herta Muller's personal life before she became a published writer, as well as the events and influences that spurred her to start writing.

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Pullman, Hosseini top ALA's top banned books list - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 06 Oct 09

Which books are at the top of the American Library Association's most frequently challenged banned books list? Many readers are up in arms, saying that these books are not really that controversial.

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The Picture of Dorian Grey movie adaptation - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 28 Sep 09

The movie adaptation of "The Picture of Dorian Grey" is a good way for teachers and librarians to introduce high-school level students to the works of Oscar Wilde. Good article about the film, with a trailer at the end.

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John Irving to release latest novel - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 22 Sep 09

John Irving will be releasing his latest novel, "Last Night in Twisted River" next month. Find out more about the book, as well as about Irving's literary influences.

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The Doomsday Conspiracy & Dan Brown - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 09 Sep 09

Dan Brown talks about the book that convinced him to be a novelist.

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100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web | Online College Blog and School Reviews... - 0 views

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Yann Martel and Stephen Harper - 0 views

Anne Clarke on 01 Sep 09

Yann Martel (author of "Life of Pi") has launched a new and very unorthodox literary project - he is sending a book to Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister bi-weekly with a note on how to read them.

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Infloox - Literary search engine/wiki - 0 views

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shared by Anne Clarke on 27 Aug 09 - Snapshot

Anne Clarke on 27 Aug 09

Website devoted to literature research; combines a search engine with wiki-style pages and artificial intelligence. Use it to find an author's favourite influences, as well as who they in turn influenced.

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Gnooks - Welcome to the World of Literature - 0 views

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shared by The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 01 Apr 09 - Snapshot

The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 01 Apr 09

The forums are a waste of the small amount of space and (probably) bandwidth they consume - brief outbursts reminiscent on the comments on Youtube.

The interesting idea can be seen when one enters the name of an author in the "Map of Literature" searchbox, and is given a cloud of other authors name, not just telling you which the site recommend that you try reading the work of, but how much confidence the site has in the recommendation.

One sees the names wander across the screen and then settle down, oscillating slightly, the close the name of a new author being to that of the name you entered, which will be seen in the center of the screen, the more likely you are to like that other author - or at least so the developer of the system claims.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The forums are a waste of the small amount of space and (probably) bandwidth they consume - brief outbursts reminiscent on the comments on Youtube. <br /> <br /> The interesting idea can be seen when one enters the name of an author in the "Map of Literature" searchbox, and is given a cloud of other authors name, not just telling you which the site recommend that you try reading the work of, but how much confidence the site has in the recommendation. <br /> <br /> One sees the names wander across the screen and then settle down, oscillating slightly, the close the name of a new author being to that of the name you entered, which will be seen in the center of the screen, the more likely you are to like that other author - or at least so the developer of the system claims.</div>

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Let the Words Flow - FictionPress.com - 0 views

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shared by The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 01 Apr 09 - Snapshot

The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 01 Apr 09

A site on which one can publish one's fiction. The social networking aspect of the site seems to be limited to the posting of reviews.

Having not yet registered an account on this site, I don't know whether or not one can screen the reviews of one's stories. As each story page seems to link to a page of reviews of the story appearing on that page, if the answer to this question is "no", then what one would have, in effect, would be a guestbook that one couldn't moderate, with all of the possibilities for abuse that creates.

I don't know that's the case, but I also don't know that's not the case, so I'll set up that account in a few days and learn more. I just didn't want somebody blindly stumbling into trouble, thinking that I had checked out something that I hadn't, yet.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A site on which one can publish one's fiction. The social networking aspect of the site seems to be limited to the posting of reviews. <br /> <br /> Having not yet registered an account on this site, I don't know whether or not one can screen the reviews of one's stories. As each story page seems to link to a page of reviews of the story appearing on that page, if the answer to this question is "no", then what one would have, in effect, would be a guestbook that one couldn't moderate, with all of the possibilities for abuse that creates. <br /> <br /> I don't know that's the case, but I also don't know that's not the case, so I'll set up that account in a few days and learn more. I just didn't want somebody blindly stumbling into trouble, thinking that I had checked out something that I hadn't, yet.</div>

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Princeton Dante Project (2.0) - 0 views

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shared by The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 28 Mar 09 - Snapshot

The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 28 Mar 09

Work from the author of the Inferno, both in Italian and English translation.

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FullBooks.com - Thousands of Full-Text Free Books - 0 views

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shared by The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 10 Aug 08 - Snapshot

The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 28 Mar 09

More texts that were published long enough ago, to have passed into the public domain.

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Living Lit Bookclub - 0 views

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shared by Mary Hillis on 21 Nov 08 - Snapshot

Mary Hillis on 21 Nov 08

My podcast about Chapter One of 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

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PublicLiterature.Org - 0 views

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shared by Mary Hillis on 18 Nov 08 - Snapshot

100 Tips and Tools for Managing Your Personal Library | PhD American History Online - 0 views

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shared by Mary Hillis on 16 Nov 08 - Snapshot

The Happiness Project: What I learned about happiness from my love of Harry Potter: lesson ... - 0 views

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