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December 20, 2011
What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Childrens’ Books, Part 3
Today we have another batch of quotes from What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-Ups from Children’s Books, which makes a great stocking stuffer for just about everyone on your list–the young, …
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December 14, 2011
Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011
I always wait until the last minute to buy Christmas and Chanukah presents for my family. It’s not because shopping slips my mind, or because I forget about the holidays or my …
December 12, 2011
Algonquin Staff Picks of 2011
2011 was definitely a banner year for books. For this year’s roundup of our favorites, many of us selected Kevin Wilson’s hilarious and brilliant novel, The Family Fang. (Kevin, come back and …
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December 8, 2011
What We’re Reading: Crafting with Cat Hair
A few weeks ago, my Facebook feed lit up with links to a new book called Crafting with Cat Hair. Originally published in Japan, Crafting with Cat Hair was translated by Amy …
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December 7, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books They’ve Read in 2011, Part 2
Donia Bijan, author of Maman’s Homesick Pie This was the year of displaced persons. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer. The untold story of Hungarian Jews forced to flee as Europe’s tragedy …
December 6, 2011
Booksellers Rock! Stacie Michelle Williams at Boswell Book Company
Name: Stacie Michelle Williams Bookstore: Boswell Book Company Title: We’re still working on one, but I do a lot with author events Brief Bio.: A lifelong bibliophile who taught herself to read by age …
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December 5, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2011 (Part 1)
Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow The Love Wife by Gish Jen: This novel takes us to the heart of the most complicated–and a complicating–American family. It broke my heart and then …
December 1, 2011
Madeleine L’Engle, Age 15
“One day while I was happily pretending to myself that I was Madame Curie, I blew up the lab,” recalled Madeleine L’Engle in her 1983 Library of Congress address. These days, L’Engle …
