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Still wild about Harry

If only there was a spell to fight the "dark art" of sleep deprivation. Hundreds of Harry Potter fans of all ages - some costumed - waited late into the night Friday at Lawrence bookstores for the midnight release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," J.K. Rowling's latest novel about the orphaned wizard. Many readers were expected to dive into the novel immediately upon purchase and keep reading until dawn.

Cemetery plot: Graveyard location becomes a nurturing place in Neil Gaiman’s latest novel
By Jeff Baenen - Associated Press Writer
October 5, 2008
Cemeteries don’t scare Neil Gaiman. Far from it. The best-selling author of horror and fantasy fables finds them “incredibly peaceful places.”
Review: Sharp imagery in ‘Forever War’ brings Iraq conflict to visceral life
By Chauncey Mabe - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
October 5, 2008
Like no war before it, Iraq has spawned a rich body of literature while still being waged. The resulting books vary greatly in quality and intent, from journalistic accounts of combat (Evan Wright’s “Generation Kill”) to justifications by failed U.S. administrators (Paul Bremer’s “My Year in Iraq”) to meticulous examinations of what went wrong (“Imperial Life in the Emerald City,” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran).
Best-sellers
The New York Times
October 5, 2008
A listing of this week's top-selling literature.
The Game
By Priscilla McKinney
October 5, 2008
Poet's Showcase: The Game by Priscilla McKinney.
Ad Astra: Multiple roles inform poet’s style
October 5, 2008
Judith Roitman has lived in Lawrence since 1978. Besides being active as a poet, she is professor of mathematics at Kansas University. She is guiding teacher at the Kansas Zen Center and an active member of the Jewish community in Lawrence. These multiple roles inform her writing.
Author to discuss evolution in 2 lectures
J-W Staff Reports
October 5, 2008
Author David Sloan Wilson is scheduled to deliver two lectures this week Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Dad writes kids’ book on computers
By Kristin Babcock - The Olathe News
October 4, 2008
Much to his surprise, Craig Feigh found it difficult to find a children’s book about computers.
Writer: Assessments interfere with learning
By Erin Castaneda
October 3, 2008
When a school’s state assessment score goes up, that’s cause for alarm, said Alfie Kohn, a former teacher, author and highly vocal opponent of the No Child Left Behind Act, during a community lecture Thursday night. A response he’d like to hear from more parents is, “What did they have to sacrifice from my child’s education to increase scores?” Kohn said.
Event to celebrate book on Kansas landscapes
J-W Staff Reports
October 2, 2008
Kansas Land Trust will have a special event to celebrate the release of the book “The Nature of Kansas Lands” during an event today at Kansas University.
‘Read out’ celebrates Banned Book Week
By Lindsey Slater
October 1, 2008
Kansas University faculty, staff and students on Wednesday called attention to Banned Books Week by reading out loud their favorite passages from challenged books.
‘Slow Food’ advocate to sign books at KU
By Sarah Henning
October 1, 2008
Chef Kurt Michael Friese is making a quick trip to Lawrence about slow food.
Author of boxing book to sign copies at KU
October 1, 2008
George Kimball will present a reading and sign copies of his book, “Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing,” from 1:30-3 p.m. Oct. 9 at the KU Bookstores at the Kansas Union on the Kansas University campus.
US literature called too insular to compete for Nobel
By Malin Rising and Hillel Italie - Associated Press Writers
October 1, 2008
Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing.
Review: ‘Ms. Hempel’ reveals insights about everyday life
By Susan Salter Reynolds - Los Angeles Times
September 28, 2008
Such a beautiful book is “Ms. Hempel Chronicles: Stories” (Harcourt, $23), the kind that gives its reader profound insights into ordinary, everyday life. The more such insights we have, the better able we are to really live, and not just go through the motions.
Tourist noir: Late author’s final novel closes Italian series
By Scott Timberg - Los Angeles Times
September 28, 2008
One of the fascinating things about the hard-boiled tradition is its geographic flexibility. Writers all over the world have taken the form, altered it to suit their times and temperaments and made it at home almost everywhere.

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