Book Links

Fun to find out Irish-Canadian author Anakana Schofield has won the Shadow Giller Prize for her novel Martin John. I haven't read it, but I did read her earlier novel Malarky and really enjoyed it. I will have to find a copy of Martin John sooner rather than later.

BookRiot Live took place in New York City this past weekend. I didn't go but from Twitter it seemed like a good time.

The New York Times released its list of the 100 Best Illustrated Childrens' Books of 2015. Check it out here.

Here's a Forbes article on Amazon's new physical bookstore. What do you think? Personally my dream would be to go there, find a book I wanted and tell the booksellers I was going to buy it from one of Seattle's many fine independent bookstores. After taking a picture of it with my phone. Then I'd ask to use their bathroom.

Tired of bummed-out dystopian novels? I know I am. Here's an article on a movement to bring optimism back to the conversation.

Here's a great article from the Observer about one of my favorite writers, Massimo Carlotto.

Also Appearing On...

I'm honored to be kicking off a new series on the writers' website Beyond the Margins, called The Page Turner:

You know how it is when you read a REALLY GREAT BOOK, a book that you think everyone should read?  We at Beyond the Margins have had that very experience. A lot.  And we love to find new books.  So we have recruited an army of professional book lovers — librarians, book critics, booksellers — to help us out, especially with books that may not have gotten the attention they deserve.  Every month one of these hip literary sorts will give us the word on some hot reads.

So come on by to Beyond the Margins and check out my post! 
And leave a comment, so the nice people at Beyond the Margins know you came by!
 

Also up as of yesterday is this month's Jewish Book Carnival. The JBC is a great roundup of links on Jewish books from all over the web. In March it's hosted by Boston journalist Linda K. Wertheimer at her eponymous website.

A New Kind of Friday Finds.

I do a weekly link roundup on the blog I run for work and often I come across things I think are neat but not a good fit for that blog. So that means you, my lucky and brilliant readers, get the benefit.

Brian Solis has an interesting article on The State of the Blogosphere 2010. What do you think?

I heard about the Out with a Bang Read-A-Thon at Book-Savvy. I kind of love this, the idea of clearing out the 2010 stash. I can't possibly read them all but I've been trying to work my way through mine this month and failing, thanks to the mammoth but wonderful To The End of the Land. I haven't signed up for this challenge yet; do you think I should? Will you?

A pretty for Francophones and Francophiles: An article in French about the history of different ABC books: Abécédaires: ordre et commencements.

The fab ResourceShelf blog ResourceBlog has a piece on Endangered Languages: New Online Database from the World Oral Literature Project.

A funny for the holidays: Santa Killerz: a handy guide to dealing with People who are Annoying at Christmas. I know some of these people. I'm related to some of them. I am some of them. Are you?

Finally, the bestest article I've read so far about the future of books and publishing. Do you ever get tired of everyone tripping all over themselves to predict the demise of the book? Because I do. From Terrible Minds, The Future of Publishing 2010 Prognostication Wank Snargh Pbbbt *Poop Noise*. Read and be validated.

I'll be back with Friday Finds in a couple of weeks. I have a feeling Santa may be bringing me a book or two.