It is safe to say that there are innumerable more unfinished novels out there then there are published ones. Now, thanks to Steve Wilson, a six-time failed novelist himself, the unfinished novel now has a final online resting place. My Unfinished Novels is place where your creative failures are welcome with open arms and a sprinkling of dignity.Each unfinished novel submitted gets its own post which includes a summary of the work, an excerpt from the book's beginning and the reason why the project was abandoned. Thanks to Booked: Reading Unbound for the lead
Book App Review: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
"Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another..."So begins The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce, an interactive digital narrative based on the award-winning animated short film of the same name. Created by Moonbot Studios the app "blurs the line between picture books and animated film" and adds further fuel to the ongoing debate of what constitutes a book, for the app is not based on a book and has yet to be "in print" (a picture book version is...
In the Stacks: Charles Darwin’s Library
Charles Darwin had close to 1500 books in his library. Now, thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library, one can digitally peruse over 400 of the books contained therein, including over 300 of the most heavily annotated. The library of Charles Darwin. Courtesy of Cambridge University LibraryThe Charles Darwin’s Library project is "a digital edition and virtual reconstruction of the surviving books owned by Charles Darwin." "a miserable book - all words, words, words." Annotation in Volume 1 of Histoire naturelle générale des règnes organiques by Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Isidore, 1854."The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of 12 natural history and...
The Ghost of Greenwich Village: A Debut Novel by Lorna Graham
Random House has released this preview of Lorna Graham's soon to be released debut novel on Scribd.It includes a map of the writers and poets who appear in or inspired Lorna Graham's debut novel The Ghosts of Greenwich Village. The story centers around a young woman who moves to Manhattan only to find that her apartment is haunted by the ghost of a writer from the Beat Generation. The book is a trade paperback original published under the Ballantine Books imprint.The preview also includes the cover image and the first chapter.
Keep the Kids Reading All Summer Long
About 1,000 volunteers gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. yesterday to ring in summer by preparing 50,000 "summer reading" backpacks for distribution to low income children.The event was part of United Way's Day of Action. First Book, the non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to new books for children in need, donated 150,000 books for the event. Each backpack was filled with three new books, and a "reading kit" featuring tips, activities and bookmarks. Original flyer for the event: Libraries across the country are offering Summer Reading programs for kids so no excuses. Keep the kids reading all summer long!My...