Friday, April 30, 2010

All the latest...

The Arthur C. Clarke Award, which is a British award for best science fiction novel published in the U.K., was recently awarded to China Miéville for The City and the City.

The Edgar Awards, presented by the Mystery Writers of America, were recently announced. John Hart's novel The Last Child won for best novel, and Stefanie Pintoff won best first novel for In the Shadow of Gotham.

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) recently announced their awards. Stephanie Alexander won for best cookbook with her Kitchen Garden Companion. Jeri Quinzio's Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making won for best culinary history. Tristram Stuart's Waste won for literary food writing. You can see the entire list here.

Nancy Drew turns 80 today. Boogasm celebrates with some fun facts about this famous amateur sleuth.

The Huffington Post has a list of all the latest classic monster mashups. Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter slipped by me.

The Bookstall in Winnetka has some great author events coming in May, including Kathryn Stockett on May 3rd, Scott Turow on May 10th, and Yann Martel on May 19th. Check out their website for more information.

Jen Lancaster will be signing her new book, My Fair Lazy at the Oak Brook Borders on May 27th at 7pm. Maybe I can talk to her about that new novel she is working on.

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