Uncategorized – Pages http://blogs.denverpost.com/books Pages is The Denver Post books blog. Book reviews, author interviews, publishing news and more. If you're reading it, we're writing about it. Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:34:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 2014 Colorado Book Awards finalists named http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2014/04/13/colorado-book-awards-finalists-named/11620/ Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:26:56 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11620 Finalists were recently announced for the 2014 Colorado Book Awards presented by Colorado Humanities.
Among the nominees in the creative nonfiction category is “Deeper into the Heart of the Rockies,” a collection of columns by late Denver Post columnist Ed Quillen.
Quillen, who contributed to The Denver Post’s Perspective section for 26 years, died unexpectedly in [...]

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Why Aren't Russians Reading Their Own Classics? http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/12/10/why-arent-russians-reading-their-own-classics/11280/ http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/12/10/why-arent-russians-reading-their-own-classics/11280/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 01:45:01 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11280 I’m crazy for the classic Russian novels, even took the class “Tolstoy and Dostoevsky” in college so that I could immerse myself in books like “Anna Karenina” and “Brothers Karamazov” while getting credit, which is like getting paid to do what you love.

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Stephen King hits Twitter, joining Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice and Margaret Atwood http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/12/06/stephen-king-joins-twitter-joining-neil-gaiman-anne-rice-and-margaret-atwood/11353/ http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/12/06/stephen-king-joins-twitter-joining-neil-gaiman-anne-rice-and-margaret-atwood/11353/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:49:20 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11353 Look who’s joined Twitter: It’s Stephen King!

The author of this year’s bestselling “Dr. Sleep” (not to mention all his other bestsellers, from “The Stand” to “Carrie,” joined Twitter today.

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"Fortunately, the Milk" by Neil Gaiman (Review) http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/12/01/fortunately-the-milk-by-neil-gaiman-review/11301/ Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:00:16 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11301 "I said goodby to all the dinosaurs. I thanked Professor Steg for saving my life.
" 'Not at all,' she said. 'We were both fortunate that you had the milk with you. It is not every container of milk that saves the world, after all.'
" 'That was me that saved the world,' I said. 'Not the milk.'
"The space dinosaurs all had their pictures taken holding the milk and smiling at the camera.
" 'What are yuo going to do with the milk?' they asked me. 'Are you going to put it in a museum?'
" 'No, I am not,' I told them. 'I am going to give it to my children for their breakfast cereal. And possibly I will pour some in my tea.' "

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David Sedaris, Jennifer Egan among big literary names coming to Denver http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/10/22/david-sedaris-jennifer-egan-among-big-literary-names-coming-to-denver/11131/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:24:08 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11131 Humorist David Sedaris, whose November 18 show at Denver's Paramount Theatre sold out in record time, has added a second Denver appearance to his autumn tour. He'll return to the Paramount on Sunday, November 24 to talk, do some questions and answers, and sign books.

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Tom Clancy's film legacy: Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/10/02/tom-clancy-s-film-legacy-harrison-ford-alec-baldwin-and-ben-affleck/11041/ http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/10/02/tom-clancy-s-film-legacy-harrison-ford-alec-baldwin-and-ben-affleck/11041/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:15:52 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11041 Clancy, who died this week at age 66, was the king of the Cold War thriller. His titles “The Hunt for Red October,” “Patriot Games,” and “Clear and Present Danger” sold millions of copies.

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Winter Park, Mt. Evans and Denver Mountain Parks featured in new book http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/09/25/winter-parks-mt-evans-and-denver-mountain-parks-featured-in-new-book/11007/ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:13:43 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=11007 Here it is, a hundred years after the formation of the Denver Mountain Parks system, and the Denver Mountain Parks Foundation has produced a fat, glossy celebration of their work, “Denver Mountain Parks: 100 Years of the Magnificent Dream.”

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Book review: Kevin Henkes' "The Year of Billy Miller" http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/09/20/kevin-henkes-the-year-of-billy-miller/10852/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:46:15 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=10852 "'Billy blinked. For a moment he had no clue where he was. He stretched. Like a bubble rising through murky water to sunlight above, he slowly worked his way to being fully awake and aware.
"He remembered the night and his failed attempt to stay up until morning -- and it disappointed him. He felt he had been cheated out of something that should have been his."

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Colorado flood: Booksellers charity offers help to bookstores, workers http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/09/18/colorado-flood-booksellers-charity-offers-help-to-bookstores-workers/10912/ Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:53:55 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=10912 The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, a.k.a. BINC, a Michigan-based nonprofit that sponsors charitable giving, financial assistance grants and higher education scholarships to bookstore employees – particularly in times of emergency or extreme hardship – announced this week that they’d be contacting Colorado booksellers affected by the recent flooding along the Front Range with offers to help out.

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Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot finds new life with author Sophie Hannah http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/2013/09/04/agatha-christie-character-hercule-poirot-handed-over-to-sophie-hannah/10861/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:10:03 +0000 http://blogs.denverpost.com/books/?p=10861 Nearly forty years after Agatha Christie’s death, comes word that HarperCollins will publish the first family-authorized Poirot story written by an author other than Christie.

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