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Monthly Archive for October, 2007

: October, 2007

Radio Saint Rose

The College of Saint Rose has new mp3 podcasts of conversations with writers called “Prose at the Rose.” Right now, it has up a conversation with Robyn Ringler: Freelance writer and former attorney,

New books this week

The Onion: Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition The Onion gang take on world geography to give you fake facts to help put their fake news into even faker context! A War of Gifts: An

The Scariest Fictional Character

Who’s the scariest fictional character — ever? From Abebooks.com results of a worldwide poll: Big Brother from George Orwell’s classic novel 1984 has been voted the scariest character in literature

New tool in the newsroom

Well, the newsroom is taking new steps into the digital age, and setting up new iMacs around with great video and other digital capabilities. Here’s an early stab at using the application Photobooth,

“Miniature Irishmen”

So I just starting reading Denis Johnson’s new novel “Tree of Smoke.” And though the jacket copy describes the book as an account of America’s involvement in Vietnam, many of the early chapters are

Michael Bostick

Thursday, November 1, 7pm @ The Book House Here’s an excerpt from a story in the Times Union about the author: It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Michael Bostick

Winnie Yu

EVENT : Winnie Yu booksigning TIME: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Saturday, November 3, 2007 VENUE: Market Block Books Winnie Yu writes health and nutrition for national magazines, such as /Woman’s Day, Weight

New books this week

Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson purports to give the inside scoop of a scandal that rattled journalists more than politicians. Now and Then by Robert Parker — the fourth or fifth million Spenser

New online book club …

… is up and running at this link. Called Baristanet Book Club, the first book review is of Alice Sebold’s Almost Moon, and the review is by Jay McInerney. Here’s it’s mission statement, written by

Kathy Stevens

On Saturday, October 27, from noon to 4, Catskill Animal Sanctuary will host “A Taste of Kindness,” a party to launch Director Kathy Stevens’ holiday book tour and to celebrate the animals whom
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