Adam Whitehead over at The Wertzone asks an interesting question: is Harry Potter epic fantasy ? Reading the comments, opinions are various...

When my mother says she wants to boycott a specific musician for his politics, I find myself getting annoyed. "Separate the man and his...

During this final week of vacation, I finally got the opportunity to do two things I don't normally have the time (or the correct countr...

I read Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn years ago, swallowing the book in one go at the library one summer afternoon. The book surprised ...

This vacation has me seeing bookstores all across the world, and I have to say that the experience is quite eye-opening. Bookstores may typi...

When I first got a cell-phone at the ripe old age of 14, I found myself suddenly in possession of a great deal more freedom than I'd eve...

A few months ago, when the idea of reading Ursula K. Le Guin 's Earthsea cycle seemed distant and unrealistic, I came across a colleagu...

I recently saw that a few months back, Unshelved had a Friday comic which raised a rather interesting and relevant question. While reviewin...

Image from Wikipedia Disclosure: I tried to read Flatland a while back but somehow stalled, despite quite liking it. I never really forg...

One of the things I've only recently learned to love about Gutenberg.org is the potential for surprise. If years ago when I first discov...

Can someone explain this one to me? I recently got my I-have-no-idea-how-often-it-comes eNewsletter from the Boston Public Library (BPL) and...

I've been reading too many blog posts and articles recently about Harry Potter. And seeing the giant posters everywhere. "It all en...

I'm really sick of this. You know when you're reading the back cover of a book, and it references something? And you're like, ...

Unfortunately, I can't find a translation of the interview into English, but a few weekends ago I read a very interesting (and very fru...

Every year around the end of May, the book blogging world is abuzz with news about BEA: bloggers reporting that they're attending, blogg...

Parts 1 and 2 . But what of the smaller publishers? Was I only talking to the publishers who felt safe at Hebrew Book Week, those who kne...

For part 1, see here . Am Oved Years ago, at a bookstore, my father saw me eying an Am Oved ( Working People ) novel. "Take it,...

If on Thursday I commented that Hebrew Book Week (HBW) is an event that's enjoyable even without purchasing books (enjoyable for the ...

"I'm a bibliophile / and I also know what that means" - Even Hoshen Hebrew Book Week or HBW ( Hebrew site ) is... awesome....

Yesterday marked the launch of one of my favorite yearly events - Hebrew Book Week. The morning opened with the now-familiar writers/poet ta...