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- World Book Night: coming your way, but no room for AmazonOn World Book Night thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe will hand out books, hoping to pass along their own love of reading.
- Festival of Faith and Writing: the conference that brought John Updike, Salman Rushdie to western MichiganThis year's Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College included Jonathan Safran Foer, Marilynne Robinson, Chimimanda Ngoze Adichie, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Leila Aboulela.
- Vladimir Nabokov: 10 quotes on his birthday 10 quotes on author Vladimir Nabokov's 113th birthday.
- Jade de Jong: South Africa's answer to 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency'South African author Jassy Mackenzie has created private investigator Jade de Jong – the grittier, South African version of Botswana's Precious Ramotswe.
- Children's book promoting veganism gets mixed reception from expertsAuthor Ruby Roth's new book 'Vegan Is Love' discusses how food gets from the farm to the kitchen table.
- CowFlorian Werner's book is a bright biography of the animal that's given us so much.
- Reader recommendation: The Heart of ChristianityMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- E-readers are most popular in ... Kentucky?The college town of Lexington, Ky. is the US city in which e-readers are the most popular, according to a new study by The Atlantic.
- Fenway Park: 5 new books about the beloved ballpark 5 new books to check out about the fabled stadium
- Apple will fight the DOJApple wants the anti-trust case filed against it by the DOJ to be decided 'on the merits.'
- A Magnificent ObsessionIn the union of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert he played the leading role – and she was only too glad to have him do so.
- Reader recommendation: The Invisible OnesMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- What Günter Grass must say about IsraelGünter Grass’s poem 'What Must Be Said' is many things, but it is not a blanket denunciation of Israel.
- 'Three Cups of Tea' author Greg Mortenson battles a civil lawsuitAre readers who bought 'Three Cups of Tea' entitled to compensation?
- Paris in LoveMary Bly – writing under pen name Eloisa James – turns her Facebook posts into a delightful diary chronicling 12 months in Paris.
- Reader recommendation: American PrometheusMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Bestselling books: How well do you know the books on the top?
So you're a book maven, the kind of reader who's always up on the latest and the best. But how well do you really know the books that are on the top this week? Test your knowledge with our quiz on the top 10 titles on the IndieBound bestseller list.
- Bestselling books the week of 4/19/12, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
- Pippa Middleton book scheduled for an October releaseA book by Pippa Middleton, reportedly titled 'Celebrate,' will include party-planning tips.
- Book world expresses disappointment, outrage over Pulitzer snubPulitzer juror Susan Larson said she and the rest of the fiction jury are 'shocked … angry … and very disappointed' that the Pulitzer board elected not to choose a 2012 fiction winner.