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    Kidman and Kelley to Team for Series Based on Novel

    March 12, 2018
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    Man Booker International Prize 2018 Longlist Announced

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    New Fiction: Need To Know by Karen Cleveland

    February 1, 2018
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    Fiction: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

    January 19, 2018
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    Authors on Snacks: Jonathan Moore

    January 9, 2018
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    Bowie Book Club Dedicated to the Singer’s Favorites

    January 8, 2018
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    Best Books of 2017

    December 30, 2017
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    Short Story Goes Viral, Brings Debut Author Seven Figure Deal

    December 20, 2017
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    Holiday Gift Guide 2017

    December 9, 2017
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    Fiction: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

    October 12, 2017

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Not Your Grandpa’s Dinosaurs

On November 23, 2007 by admin

As a culture, we are fascinated by dinosaurs and, as a result, books on the topic are anything but scarce. Even so, Dinosaurs (Random House, 432 pages) by Thomas R. Holtz Jr. fits in a niche not as well padded out as…

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Review: <i>Cold Skin</i> by Steven Herrick
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Review: Cold Skin by Steven Herrick

On November 9, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Cold Skin by Steven Herrick. Says Bursztynski: Verse novels are good, at school level, for encouraging reluctant readers. Each “chapter” need only take a page or two and a lot of…

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Review: <i>Heart of Gold</i> by Michael Pryor
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Review: Heart of Gold by Michael Pryor

On November 2, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s book section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Heart of Gold by Michael Pryor. Says Bursztynski: In the first novel in the Laws of Magic series, Blaze of Glory, we met Aubrey Fitzwilliam, son of an aristocratic family…

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The Big Book of Pop Culture by Hal Niedzviecki

On October 29, 2007 by admin

And while we’re on the topic of Hal Niedzviecki’s Big Book of Pop Culture (Were we? Kinda.) the book, which was published by Annick Press earlier this year, is amazing. In some ways, it’s quite beyond the scope of anything I’ve seen…

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Review: <i>Nim at Sea</i> by Wendy Orr
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Review: Nim at Sea by Wendy Orr

On October 12, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s book section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Nim at Sea by Wendy Orr. Says Bursztynski: The only book by Wendy Orr I had read before was the rather grim Peeling The Onion, in which a teenager who…

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Review: <i>Earth: A Visitor’s Guide</i> by Ian Harrison
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Review: Earth: A Visitor’s Guide by Ian Harrison

On October 5, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s book section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Earth: A Visitor’s Guide by Ian Harrison. Says Bursztynski: Earth: A Visitor’s Guide is a book of fascinating facts and trivia for those readers who enjoy the Guinness Book of…

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Review: <i>Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful</i> by Bridgid Lowry
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Review: Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful by Bridgid Lowry

On September 28, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s section featuring books for younger readers, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful by Bridgid Lowry. Says Bursztynski: The author is well-known for funny, sad, gentle novels for teenagers. She does them beautifully but, despite…

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Review: <i>Worse Than Boys</i> by Catherine MacPhail
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Review: Worse Than Boys by Catherine MacPhail

On September 21, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s book section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Worse Than Boys by Catherine MacPhail. Says Bursztynski: It has often been said that boys will bully each other physically, while girls will bully each other by exclusion and words….

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Review:  <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</i> by J.K. Rowling
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Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

On July 22, 2007 by admin

With the end of the embargo on the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, January Magazine contributing editor Sue Bursztynski got right to work. As a children’s librarian and the author of several books for young readers, Bursztynski…

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Review:  <i>I, Nigel Dorking</i> by Mary-Anne Fahey
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Review: I, Nigel Dorking by Mary-Anne Fahey

On June 22, 2007 by admin

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s book section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski looks at I, Nigel Dorking by Mary-Anne Fahey. Says Bursztynski: I am in two minds about this. There are so many novels, these days, seen from the viewpoint of a loser….

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