12/03/2008
EU to launch new prize for literature (People's Daily)
The European Commission is launching a new European Union (EU) prize for contemporary literature, said the commission on Tuesday. The first edition of the prize will be awarded in autumn 2009. The prize for contemporary literature will consist of an award for emerging talents in the field of contemporary literature (fiction) from each of the participating countries in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ...
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12/02/2008
EU launches new literature prize (di-ve)
The European Commission has announced the launch of the European Prize for Contemporary Literature on Tuesday, with the first edition of the prize set to be awarded in autumn 2009.
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12/02/2008
Children's Literature Book Sale Friday (Anderson Independent-Mail)
The Clemson University English department will host its annual Children's Literature Book Sale Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The sale will be held in Strode Tower room 206. Hardback and paperback books for kids of all ages will be on sale. For details contact Michelle Martin at (864) 656-3879.
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12/02/2008
DBNL and SPi Partner to Digitize Books on Dutch Literature (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Digital Library of Dutch Literature and SPi today announced a long term partnership to digitize a large collection of books on Dutch Literature.
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12/02/2008
Books: 'Last of the Old Guard' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Louis Auchincloss has been interested in French literature since college. He also seems to enjoy throwing in references to ancient Roman history.
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12/03/2008
Library event offers local students chance to hear best-selling Library event offers local students chance to hear ... (The Palladium-Times)
Organizations from around the area are making efforts to bring in young people to the upcoming Oswego Public Library fundraising event featuring best-selling author and this year’s runner up for the National Book Award for Best Young People’s Literature, Laurie Halse Anderson.
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12/02/2008
Atlantic Redesign Praised By Magazine Veteran (The New York Observer)
The December 2008 issue of The Atlantic just went online and judging from the Letters to the Editor this month, reactions are split over whether or not the magazine's massive redesign works. One reader complains: You look like a cross between Time and The Economist . Amid your lunging social and political reportage, you severely neglect literature and the arts, save for those ...
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12/02/2008
No Prosecution for Classroom Campaigner (KQCD-TV Dickinson)
A prosecutor says he won`t bring charges against a North Dakota House candidate who handed out campaign literature in a high school classroom. Democrat Karen Volk was invited to speak to a Wilton High School class about women in politics.
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12/02/2008
Class Seeks Nominations For HHS Hall of Fame (Ashley County Ledger)
The Leadership Class at Hamburg High School is in the process of creating a Hamburg Hall of Fame to recognize successful graduates of the school. Class members are taking nominations from the public in the areas of athletics, business, medicine, the arts and literature.
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12/02/2008
Families remember loved ones on World AIDS Day (The Farmington Daily Times)
FARMINGTON — San Juan College students participated in World AIDS Day on Monday, taking advantage of AIDS testing at San Juan College and collecting AIDS-related literature.
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