The FBI has recently paid a visit to at least a half a dozen bookshops on Vancouver Island, British Columbia looking for one of their most wanted.80-year-old James J. (Whitey) Bulger has been on the lam for over 15 years. He has been well positioned on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list since he skipped town before his arraignment in 1995 for a slew of mobster-related charges. Bulger was the head of Boston’s notorious Winter Hill Gang during the 1970s and 1980s and was one of the subjects in Martin Scorcese's 2006 Academy Award winning film, The Departed.Here's what the...
That Didn’t Take Long: The DIY iPad Book Cover
Looking for an inexpensive book-friendly way to hide and protect you new iPad?Welcome to the iBook.For $10 and a little time you can learn to cover your iPad with a book.Here are the reasons that propelled the creator of iBook:- Didn’t want to drop $40 for Apple’s iPad case- iPad back scratches easily, I hate to rest it naked on the table- I feel like a pretentious bastard using the iPad in public because everyone knows what it is, but few people have one — this helps me disguise it while in use- On a similar note, the iPad feels...
The Book Side of Keith Richards
Keith Richards in his library“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.” - Keith Richards Who would have thought that Keith Richards upcoming autobiography Life is as much a book about books as it is a book about a life in music. Life, due out in October from Little Brown, will contain much on Richards life with books. The Independent reports, in the cleverly titled piece "It's only books 'n' shelves but I...
Poetry On Public Television
2010 National Poetry Month posterIn honor of National Poetry Month Public Television has strengthened it successful Poetry Everywhere series with eight new short poetry films and the release of an iPhone app.The new poets/poems added to the series this year are:Marilyn Chin, The Floral Apron;Toi Derricotte, Blackbottom;Martín Espada, Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper;Seamus Heaney, Blackberry Picking;Maxine Kumin, After Love;W.S. Merwin, Yesterday;C.D. Wright, Lake Echo, Dear;and Daisy Zamora, Mother’s Day.Garrison Keillor returns as the series narrator offering a brief introduction to each poet and poem.The films will air during unexpected moments in the public television broadcast schedule.“With Poetry Everywhere...
A Tour of One: Author Holds Book Signing Over 300 Times at Same Bookstore
Since his first reading at the Udvar-Hazy bookstore in 2008 Robert F. Dorr has returned to sign books 330 more times!Over that time period the the bookstore has sold over 13,000 copies, half of all copies sold.What's the catch? Is Dorr aiming for the Guinness Book of World Records? No, Dorr has simply taken aim at his target audience. The book is Hell Hawks! The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and the bookstore is affiliated with the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.A bulls-eye.PW article, Bookstore Sells Half of All Copies of WWII Book.