News and views about books, authors, the life of the mind, the information age, and the American Library in Paris.

9 April 2010

Medicinal reading

The actress Emma Thompson, depressed after her first marriage broke up, chose Jane Austen for a therapist and ‘Sense and Sensibility’ for medicine.  And it worked.  […]
9 April 2010

Categories upon categories

Putting books in the right categories is not as easy as it used to be. “In our mashup-crazy, zombie-besotted culture, genre-bending is a trend that shows […]
6 April 2010

1000 years of merde?

  Today’s guest blogger, bestselling author Stephen Clarke, will be at the Library tomorrow at 19h30 to speak about his new book, 1000 Years of Annoying […]
4 April 2010

Pad nauseam

Does the launch of any commercial product merit the fawning, breathless attention being given the iPad? No, says Mark Potts, on his blog Recovering Journalist.
Pad nauseam
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