Navtej Kohli gives another review of a very light and well written book by Wolff. In this new collection, Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff is more often than not begin by...

'Scuse me while I bask: Little Brother, just hit the New York Times Kids bestseller list (#9) and the Booksense Children's Interest bestseller list (#14) and I'm about to...

That’s from Scott Nesbitt, in his summary of my talk at DocTrain West on Thursday: It seemed like I was stalking Stewart Mader during the conference. But Mader told...

101 Sonnets is a collection of sonnets from hundred and one different poets, with an informative introduction and interesting piece of commentary. In the introduction...

“Designing is not a profession but an attitude” is an excerpt from László Moholy-Nagy’s 1947 book “Vision in Motion.” The designer must see...

Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications is now available in all good book stores, edited by Martin Doge, Mary McDerby and Martin Turner it includes a...

Today on Boing Boing tv, Cory Doctorow invites you to create and share HOWTO videos based on an ongoing series of Instructables posts that draw from his latest book, ...

I've been on my Little Brother book-tour for two days (doing school appearances around Chicago), and for the next two nights, I'll be doing public events at Chicago area...

The Interstitial Arts Foundation (promoting "art made in the interstices between genres and categories...disciplines, mediums, and cultures") is celebrating the...

It's mid-May, and high time to celebrate this blog's mysterious origins. Let's take it from the top. [Photo, left: Blog Birthday Cakes can be identified by their...

The Highgear Aerial Altimeter Watch will satisfy any info-craving backcountry nut. With a simple touch of a button, the Aerial displays your rate of ascent/descent, the...

Anytime you’re a Rookie of the Year, a Platinum debut artist, or a Best-Selling first-time author, your sophomore season is bound to be a doozie.Leif Enger’s first...

Former CBS newsman Roger Mudd has written his memoir, and it's not likely to endear him to his former colleagues. Mudd's book, The Place To Be: Washington, CBS, and the...

Last week the Minneapolis Star Tribune allotted Steve Hunegs a few paragraphs to comment on the occasion of Israel's sixtieth anniversary. Among his comments were...

This Saturday, May 17, the SF in SF reading series will host authors John Shirley and Daniel Marcus in conversation with Terry Bisson. These free readings in San...

The Astak Mentor is about as cheap and nasty as e-book readers get, but it is packed with all of the right features. Like most other e-book readers, the Mentor makes use...

Last week, I told you about my donations program for my new book, Little Brother. Every time I put a book online for free, I'm inundated by offers of cash "tips" from...

Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play August: Osage County Author:...

You pretty much can't turn on the tv with out hearing how fat American kids are today. Every empire must fall. In Rome, Christian was the downfall. In England it was...

Did you know a wiki can be an ideal platform for managing a publishing project, like a book? Here’s how I used a wiki to write Wikipatterns and manage the chapter...