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A David Foster Wallace Hyperlink Compendium

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

Since first hearing about D. T. Max’s new biography of David Foster Wallace, Every Love Story is a Ghost Story (Granta Books, HB $49.99), as well as detecting non-specific references to Wallace in Josh Radnor’s lit-rich film “Liberal Arts” at this year’s International … Continue reading →

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Books in the Wild

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

There’s a joke amongst publishers that the second book off the Gutenberg press was about the death of the book. Now, in the face of the e-Onslaught predicted to overwhelm book collections, digitising them into an ethereal state, I’m potentially … Continue reading →

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Our Favourite Covers of 2010

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

Anis Shivani of the Huffington Post has recently compiled a list of the 21 Coolest Book Covers of 2010 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/coolest-book-covers-2010_b_775990.html).  This has gotten the vicbooks team thinking about our favourites.  While many are books we have yet to read (though … Continue reading →

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Happenstance and Trends de Jour

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

74-year-old Joy Cassidy has been arrested in Boise, Idaho for pouring mayonnaise down the county library’s return slot. Police say she is under investigation for other condiment related crimes. Police have not disclosed a motive (one suspects the word ‘crazy’ … Continue reading →

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Books for the World Cup

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

Lots of people and publications are coming up with World Cup reading lists. We here at vicbooks are less than ardent football (I really, really want to say ‘soccer’) fans but we make a point of trying to stay in … Continue reading →

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Best Children’s Books Ever?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

The Guardian has started gathering a list of what might be the Best Children’s Books Ever. Broken down into 5 age categories (though needing a late teen category) they have drawn from personal recommendations, established classics and current popular borrowings … Continue reading →

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