Mar 12 National Book Critics Awards to be announced tonight; see the finalists By Victoria Fleischer The winners of this year’s National Book Critics Circle awards, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in America, will be announced tonight at the New School in New York City. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 7:36 Praise for the printed page: Will Amazon leave French bookstores in peril? By PBS News Hour In France, even though the price of books was fixed years ago to prevent price differentiation, some worry the country's thousands of bookstores may now be in jeopardy as more customers flock to online retailers, such as Amazon. The online… Continue watching
Feb 01 14 books you could read in the time it takes to watch the Super Bowl By Kristin Miller If you just watch the game, a conservative estimate of the running time of the Super Bowl is at least three and a half hours. Add in the pre-game and post-game analysis and the entire event could top six hours. Continue reading
Jan 05 Mark Zuckerberg’s first book club choice sells out on Amazon By Anna Sillers The first book that Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg has chosen for his bi-monthly book club, “The End of Power” by Moisés Naím, has already sold out on Amazon. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 8:24 Bestselling authors share their favorite books of 2014 By PBS News Hour What did our favorite authors read this year? Jeffrey Brown asks novelist Ann Patchett and business writer Daniel Pink for their top recommendations of 2014, including a young adult novel written in verse and a book about humanity’s place in… Continue watching
Dec 30 Authors Ann Patchett and Daniel Pink talk what makes a great book By PBS News Hour Ann Patchett, author of “This is the Story of a Happy Marriage” and Daniel Pink, author of “To Sell is Human,” sat down with Jeffrey Brown in Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore to talk about the factors that make a… Continue reading
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Dec 05 Watch 1:19 Why Samuel L Jackson was the first choice to read a viral bedtime story for adults By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 21 WATCH LIVE: hear from the authors at Miami Book Fair International By Victoria Fleischer The 31st year of the annual Miami Book Fair International is underway, with hundreds of thousands of book lovers browsing the stalls set up along the streets of the coastal city in southern Florida. Throughout the weekend Street Fair, PBS… Continue reading