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Eco-Library
Libraries anywhere have the sole objective of spreading knowledge to the general public. But while nearly all disseminate knowledge by providing books and facilities for reading, Kasetsart University is using its facility to inspire the public into recycling materials.
Best of frenemies
From Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, the novelist picks out the writers who portray true friendship as an antagonistic business Lars Iyer is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of two books on Blanchot (Blanchot's Communism and Blanchot's Vigilance: Phenomenology, Literature, Ethics) and his blog Spurious . He has also written two novels, Spurious and ...
Dickens and the Good Soldier Švejk
Here is a question for the Dickens bicentenary. What is the connection between the great 19th century English novelist and the best-loved Czech literary anti-hero? The answer is, surprisingly enough, that without Dickens we quite possibly wouldn’t have Švejk at all. David Vaughan looks at this and some other Czech links with Dickens in this week’s Czech Books.
Books: Newbery and Caldecott prizes for U.S. children’s literature awarded
This year’s winners of the top U.S. prizes in children’s literature were honoured this week for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favourite toy.
Walter Dean Myers: Youth Ambassador Is One for the Books
As the third national ambassador for young people’s literature, a position created by the Library of Congress in 2007, Walter Dean Myers loves to “get people to yell at me.”
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