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July 19, 2006
Book blogs
One of the great skills of a librarian (or a really good bookseller) is to be able to recommend authors and books to read.
When I was at school there used to be a record shop in Stockton on Tees high street called Leslie Brown's. Every Saturday morning the lady behind the counter taught me about classical music. She moved me from Beethoven to Chopin to Tchaikowsky to Brahms to Rachmaninov. How could I ever have known these names, if she hadn't done that. It is a generous gift. I don't know if the shop is still there?
Now there are some really good book blogs that do the same thing and lead you to authors of whom you have no knowledge, which is such a pleasure. Here is a new one just opened by writer Jessica Ruston I found yesterday. I hope it goes on and on. If you start with "Secret History", as she does, you have to be going in a good direction.
Posted by Perkins at July 19, 2006 8:46 AM
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Hi
I work for the publisher DK and we have a competition at the moment that I thought your audience (or staff) may be interested in...It is for the chance to be part of a new book we have coming out...
In October of this year we are releasing a book called All This Makes Life Worth Living
About the book…
At a massive 1000 pages, the book will be the largest project DK have ever taken on, and it aims to cover everything in this world that makes life worth living. Featuring images of the world’s most amazing and unique objects, each spread will feature an item that will have a story behind it.
A mangled, burnt out guitar is actually the guitar that belonged to Hendrix who used to set fire to his guitar on stage using lighter fluid; an old door lock turns out to be the object that kept Mandela in prison for 27 years during the South African apartheid. What may just appear to be some random object will actually have a significant tale to tell that has contributed to the world we live in today.
Competition
This is your chance to be part of the project. Do you own a rare, interesting, unseen, inspirational or amazing object that represents what makes your life worth living? It could be anything from a one-off piece of art to a ticket stub from the greatest gig you ever went to.
To enter you need to email AllThisBook@uk.dk.com with an image of your object and a maximum of 100 words on what makes it so worthy of a place in the book. The most unique and inspirational objects will be shortlisted and then an ultimate winner will feature within the book when it’s published.
Competition closes Midnight, Fri 30 Jan
Entrant must be owner of object (and object can't be a person that 'makes your life worth living' or something like a 'rainbow' or 'raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens')
If you are interested please let me know
Thanks
Liz
Posted by: Liz Harriot at January 22, 2009 3:41 PM