Friday, May 16, 2003

Harry Potter at the Witching Hour. Plan to Potter Around Oak Park Next Month "But you don't have to be a wizard, and you don't have to be in London to pay a visit to that fabled alley. Just go to Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street in west suburban Oak Park on Friday, June 20. For that one night, a stretch of shops will be transformed into Diagon Alley to mark the first sale of the new Harry Potter book. Starting about 9 p.m., the Magic Tree children's bookstore will become Flourish & Blott's bookstore, Cafe Winberie morphs into the Leaky Cauldron, and C. Foster Toys will take on the appearance of Quality Quidditch Supplies. In fact, most of the businesses on the street will shed the mundane for the magical and start selling Harry Potter-inspired merchandise or refreshments. Even US Bank will become Gringott's Wizarding Bank, with goblin-led tours to its basement vault. Many characters from the book will be strolling about, as well.... The idea originated with a couple of her employees who noticed the success the nearby Oberweis Dairy had when it stayed open late for the release of the last Harry Potter book, which went on sale at midnight." [Chicago Sun-Times] [The Shifted Librarian] 1:23:28 PM    comments? []

Monday, May 12, 2003

Tom Clancy Novel This Summer: The New York Daily .... Tom Clancy Novel This Summer: The New York Daily News reports that Tom Clancy's next novel, THE TEETH OF THE TIGER, will be published this August, a year earlier than originally planned. The book features Jack Ryan's son and his two cousins, working for a secret government counter-terrorist unit, as they take on a coalition of a Muslim terrorist and a Colombian drug dealer. [WPL: waterboro lib blog] 1:43:46 PM    comments? []

Sunday, May 04, 2003

50 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time Book Magazine has released its list of the 50 greatest adventure books of all time.  Only the first ten are on the website.  If you're curious about the rest of the list, stop by the Library.  We have the magazine. 1:15:55 PM    comments? []

Saturday, May 03, 2003

Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S.", will be speaking at the Sisters of St. Joseph Ministry Center this Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 pm.  For information and to register, call 708-354-9200, ext. 5088 or 5058 12:31:31 PM    comments? []

Thursday, April 17, 2003

Looks like there will be plenty of good books from well-known authors to keep mystery readers happy all summer.  Check out this article from the New York Times. Murder, They Wrote, and Wrote [New York Times: Books] To register with the NYTimes, just use the login and password to the left. 11:15:37 AM    comments? [] Infoplease.com: National Poetry Month. Celebrates National Poetry Month (April) by featuring recommended poetry sites, notable poets, poetry books for children, poetry award winners and poets laureate, and a selection of seasonal and topical poetry. Includes crossword puzzles and quizzes, as well as a glossary of poetry terms. [Librarian's Index to the Internet] 10:45:33 AM    comments? []

Monday, April 14, 2003

Plot Hints From the Next Harry Potter, due out 2 .... Plot Hints From the Next Harry Potter, due out 21 June, have been revealed "in promotional material from US publisher Scholastic. Harry Potter confronts 'the unreliability of government and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts,'" reports the BBC. Additionally, the "new defence of the dark arts teacher has a personality 'like poisoned honey' and Harry's best friend Ron Weasley becomes keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team." Read the article for more! [WPL: waterboro lib blog] 2:06:05 PM    comments? []

Tuesday, April 08, 2003

Letters, Drama and Music Pulitzers: Fiction: M .... Letters, Drama and Music Pulitzers: Fiction: MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides General Nonfiction: 'A PROBLEM FROM HELL': AMERICA AND THE AGE OF GENOCIDE by Samantha Power Biography: MASTER OF THE SENATE (Volume 3 of his biography of Lyndon Johnson) by Robert A. Caro History: AN ARMY AT DAWN: THE WAR IN NORTH AFRICA 1942-1943 (Volume I of the Liberation Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson Poetry: MOY SAND AND GRAVEL by Paul Muldoon Drama: 'Anna in the Tropics' by Nilo Music: 'On the Transmigration of Souls' by John Adams (a memorial to Sept. 11, 2001) More on each at the New York Times.com. [WPL: waterboro lib blog] 10:40:41 AM    comments? [] Cécile de Brunhoff, 99, Creator of Babar [New York Times: Books] Cécile de Brunhoff, whose husband turned a bedtime tale she told their children into the world-famous stories about Babar the Elephant, died yesterday in Paris. She was 99.   10:36:40 AM    comments? []

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