Spark notes. . .
Dennis Johnson
In his regular “Small, But Perfectly Formed” column at Bookslut, James Morrison files an appreciation of Muriel Spark, author of such classic short novels as The Prime of Miss Jean… Read more »
In his regular “Small, But Perfectly Formed” column at Bookslut, James Morrison files an appreciation of Muriel Spark, author of such classic short novels as The Prime of Miss Jean… Read more »
This year’s official Scottish Book of the Year Award has gone to a poet, reports Phil Miller in a brief story for The Herald. The £10,000 prize went to Kathleen… Read more »
The author of the book Great Chicago Fires has been arrested in Chicago for arson. As a Chicago Sun-Times story by Maureen O’Donnell reports, former firefighter David Cowan was also… Read more »
“Canadian journalist and author Scott Young, who was also father of Canadian rock star Neil Young,” has died at the age of 87. As a CBC News wire story notes,… Read more »
Anyone looking for the new Harry Potter book to come out electronically is going to be disappointed, says Hillel Italie in an Associated Press wire story. “J.K. Rowling has not… Read more »
The New York Public Library has announced that “it is making 700 books — from classics to current best sellers — available to members in digital audio form for downloading… Read more »
Even two weeks after he was revealed to be Deep Throat, W. Mark Felt’s “role as the most famous anonymous source in US history was even more complex and intrigue-loaded… Read more »