Monday, October 21, 2002

Mystery Readers International Macavity Awards The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories. The year listed is the year of the award, for books published in the previous year. 2002 Winners Best Mystery Novel: Folly by Laurie R. King (Bantam) Best First Mystery Novel: Open Season by C. J. Box (G.P. Putnam's) Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue) Best Mystery Short Story: "The Abbey Ghosts" by Jan Burke (AHMM, Jan 2001)   From Mystery Readers International 4:22:29 PM    comments? [] Harry Potter News Agent: No eighth Potter book for Rowling Monday, October 21, 2002 Posted: 2:05 PM EDT (1805 GMT) LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British author J.K. Rowling will not write an eighth episode of the popular Harry Potter series, her agent said on Monday. Rowling, whose boy wizard tales have made her a worldwide publishing phenomenon, dismissed British media speculation she may be planning an extra book. "The plan is to have only seven books in the series," Neil Blair, of Christopher Little literary agents, told Reuters. "There is no truth in the rumours." From CNN   3:59:07 PM    comments? [] Librarians: We're Not What You Think [LISNews.com] Slashdot is running an Essay that says holding the image of a librarian as a shushing school marm who does little more than stamp and shelve books is about as inaccurate as believing that Alan Greenspan is nothing more than a glorified bank teller. He goes on to point out in today's world the boundary between the career of the librarian and the information technologist is disappearing, as we become more and more technologically adept. It's a nice, short, essay chock full O'links to all the usual suspects in the web librarian world. 2:36:16 PM    comments? []

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