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In his latest podcast, Michael Cart talks about the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, Chinese author Mo Yan. He also discusses the 2012 National Book Award nominees and takes a look at what’s happening Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling (hint: her new book, The [...]
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In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s resident book reviewer, reports on the 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlist as well as other recent events in the world of books and publishing.
Mentioned in this podcast: Laura Miller’s Salon.com article, A prestige-free zone. He also talks about one of his new [...]
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In his latest podcast, Michael Cart offers a podcast potpourri of book and publishing news and features.
Mentioned in this podcast: Merriam Webster’s new words for 2012, Publishers Weekly’s list of the most difficult books to read, the top 100 teen books as compiled by NPR (Michael [...]
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In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s Michael Cart offers a fond tribute to the late, great man of letters, Gore Vidal, who passed away on July 31 at 86.
Titles mentioned in this podcast: Vidal’s American Chronicle sextet (Burr, Lincoln, 1876, The Golden Age, Washington, DC ) and his [...]
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In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart reports on Americas new Poet Laureate and continues his discussion of the impact of technology on publishing.
Mentioned in this podcast: New Laureate Looks Deep into Memory (NY Times, 6/6/12), Room for Debate (NY Times 6/6/12), BEA 2012: Self-Published [...]
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In his latest podcast, Michael Cart pays a loving tribute to writer and faithful library supporter Ray Bradbury, who passed away on June 5, 2012.
Ray Bradbury titles cited in this podcast: Dandelion Wine, The Martian Chronicles, Farenheit 451, The Halloween Tree.
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In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart celebrates Edward Lear’s 200th birthday. And then changing topics (sort of), he talks about texting and reading. It’s worth a listen, hopefully!
Mentioned in this podcast:
John McWhorter. Talking with Your Fingers. NY Times, 4/23/12 Timothy Egan. The Reading [...]
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In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart offers a heartfelt tribute to the late Maurice Sendak, who passed away on May 8, 2012.
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In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart reports on a potpourri of book news, including the publication of romance novelist Nora Roberts’ 200th book, recent book awards, challenged books and last but not least, the phenomenon that is Fifty Shades of Grey.
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In this edition of Thinking Out Loud, George and Joan discuss a couple of pieces of information that they have recently encountered. The first item is an article from The New Yorker about Clayton Christensen’s explorations into why big businesses fail. The other is the announcement of a new service from [...]
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