Voila! “Instant” paperback on Libby
Talk about an “instant” book. Within two hours of Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s conviction for lying and obstruction of justice, a publisher announced plans for a paperback release about the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff. “The United States v. I. Lewis Libby,” which will include testimony and original reporting, will be edited by investigative journalist Murray Waas of the National Journal. The paperback book will be released in April. – The Associated Press
Kids, meet Ben Franklin
The Jefferson County Library and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science have joined forces in a new children’s literacy project. Through May 20, each of the 10 county libraries is hosting a free traveling interactive display tied to the museum’s “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” exhibit. For more information and a schedule, go to jefferson.lib.co.us | Tom Walker
FIRST LINE
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
“Tap-tapping the keys and out come the words on this little screen, and who will read them I hardly know. I could be dead by the time anyone actually sees this, as dead as, say, Tolstoy. Or Shakespeare. Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives? It sort of does, I think. If you read something by a living writer, you could, at least in theory, dash off a letter, establish a relationship maybe. I think a lot of readers feel this way. Some readers write to fictional characters as well, which is a little spookier.”
HOT OVERSEAS
France
Fiction: Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
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Spain
Fiction: The Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
Nonfiction: The Overnight Miracle of COPE by Federico Jimenex Losantos
