RUSHDIE: "The novel became about what we remember"

Salman Rushdie, recentemente nomeado Best of The Bookers, à conversa com John Mullan sobre "Os Filhos da Meia Noite" no Guardian Book Club.

-para ouvir aqui em podcast.

TIBETE, A LÍNGUA E AS PALAVRAS

"The Tibetan writers of today, regardless of their genre, seem to write with an agenda: to spread the word about the declining situation of the Tibetan freedom movement to readers both inside and out of China." (...)

“Tibetans are recording history and writing poetry and stories on love, religion and culture in Chinese. They are singing in Mandarin. The Chinese cannot but regret they gave the Tibetans their tongue.” (...)

"For Tibetans who’ve adopted writing as a tool to achieve their goals, their eyes are on the bigger prize—the ability to reach beyond the Tibetan-speaking population and affect the consciousness of a much larger world. For these writers, the language comes later, spreading the message comes first." - ler o artigo completo de Mridu Khullar para o WIP.

- achado no Literary Saloon.

DA TELA PARA O LIVRO

Porque depois da extreia de "Sex and the City" as livrarias se encheram de pedidos, o livro "Love Letters of Great Men", criado propositadamente para o filme, torna-se realidade e chega às montras a 15 de Agosto nos E.U.A.

"Can Carrie's book of love letters put romance back on the menu? Sex and the City fans can now buy the fictional volume of love letters that appeared in the film. " - ver o artigo de John Mulan para o BlogBooks do The Guardian.

"A fictitious book of love letters by famous men—Love Letters of Great Men—that was featured in the "Sex and the City" movie has inspired three publishers to release collections of romantic epistles." -ver notícia no Bookseller.

SOBRE LIVROS E CAPAS

“So you go into a bookshop and every book by a female writer seems to come with one of two varieties of chicklit cover: swirly faux hand-lettering over a washed-out photograph, or choppy faux hand-lettering over a candy-coloured cartoon. Such a shame, you think. Why don't these writers have the courage to branch out?
Not our fault, say the writers. We branch out as much as ever. But publishers insist on putting everything under similar covers.
Not our fault, say the publishers. We would try imaginative covers - but bookshops won't order them.
Not our fault, say the booksellers. Your fault. This is what people buy.”

- ver o artigo completo de Peter Robins para o Paper Tiger

CONFISSÕES

O Telegraph quis saber. Sam Leith fez a pergunta durante o Festival Ways With Words em Devon. Os autores confessaram. "Which book are you most embarrassed to admit you have never read?" E o resultado foi este:



- achado no blogue da Ler.

MORREU ALEXANDRE SOLJENITSYNE

"O escritor russo Alexandre Soljenitsyne, de 89 anos, figura maior da dissidência ao regime soviético e Prémio Nobel da Literatura (1970), morreu ontem à noite em Moscovo (...)" - ver a notícia no Público Online.

Neste relato, publicado em 2007 no El País, o autor conta como "cómo burló a los guardianes del campo de concentración para seguir escribiendo ".

TITLEPAGETV

A TitlepageTV trilha um novo caminho, abrindo um espaço inédito à literatura na Internet. Trata-se do primeiro talk show dedicado inteiramente aos livros. A primeira temporada conta com 6 episódios, todos eles à distância de um clique. Daniel Menaker, antigo editor sénior da Random House, modera as conversas.