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April 2009

Earlier this month, I was on the Outer Banks with my family. When we travel there are clothes, golf clubs (for my husband and younger son) and lots and lots of books. Now we were only gone for 10 days, but I brought enough books to take up two shelves in the tiny office that they have at the rental house. My 14-year-old son had 10 books, plus all seven Harry Potter books. I am not sure what he was thinking when he packed the Potter titles. I guess he figured if he ran out of new books to read he would have some surefire backups! I am sure that since you love books like we do, you can relate. I am just glad we were driving this trip since we definitely would have been over the weight limit on the plane!

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Agatha Awards 2008

Established in 1989, Malice Domestic is an annual convention in metropolitan Washington, DC, saluting "mysteries of manners", books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery" -- loosely defined as mysteries which contain no explicit sex nor excessive gore or violence; and feature an amateur detective (usually), a confined setting, and characters who know one another.

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Do you talk about books with your friends?

April 28, 2009, 201 voters

April 24, 2009

Ever had a night when it's easier to just keeping typing on the couch rather than move? I am writing this note on Thursday night when I SHOULD be packing for LA as I am flying out early Friday morning to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Instead, I am writing the newsletter opener. When I leave town, I worry that I will not have power, a battery that works or an Internet connection, and thus the newsletter will not get done. This from a woman who travels with a backup battery and a Verizon air card. Okay, okay, I always am overprepared.

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2008

On April 24th, 2009 the winners of the 29th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize were announced at a ceremony held during the L. A. Times Festival of Books. The Prize was established in 1980 and includes a $1,000 cash award.

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Do you talk about books with your friends?

April 23, 2009, 670 voters

April 22, 2009

Look for The Photographer

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By John Hogan
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There’s a great new book coming out next month: The Photographer. The book features the breathtaking work of Didier Lefèvre, who documented the work of Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan beginning in 1986.

April 22, 2009

Some days are busier than others. Today is one of those busy days. I'm getting ready to update GraphicNovelReporter.com with new content (see below) and avoiding packing (one of the things I really hate doing). Even though I hate packing, I love the reason for packing, and this one is a good one. Tomorrow, I'll be in Dublin for a week's vacation. That will be a wonderful trip, hopefully, and I'm looking forward to doing all the touristy things...as well as checking out a Dublin comics shop or two. (If you know of any, send me an email; I want to know where the best places to go are.)

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April 21, 2009

Behind the Scenes with James Sturm

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Posted by tom
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James Sturm James Sturm, author of the just-released Adventures in Cartooning and the director of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Located in White River Junction, Vermont, the Center for Cartoon Studies is a two-year program for aspiring artists. Sturm has also been behind the graphic novels The Cereal Killings, The Revival, Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight, and many more.
April 20, 2009

Bestseller List: Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago, IL

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Posted by tom
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Challengers Comics + Conversation is our comic book store, and I love it. My name is Patrick Brower, and co-owner W. Dal Bush and I opened Challengers in an attempt to create and maintain the kind of comic book environment we always wanted to shop in. I think we did a pretty good job, and while I love showing Challengers off, I always feel weird talking about it. More so, trying to write our own store biography always comes across as self-congratulatory and conceited.