Bookish Intelligence Report

28 Sep

  • Another burst of diversity in the comic industry comes with the creation of a new hero, this time a wheel-chair bound Muslim boy. (via AP)
  • When a U.S. Army reservist wrote a classified busting book about his war experiences, the DoD wasn’t happy that it slipped under their radar. As a result, in the tradition of Schwarzenegger’s control over Pumping Iron, the DoD bought up the ENTIRE run of the book and destroyed them. (via ABC News)
  • Here in Boston, books and bikes go together in perfect harmony. But in the UK, an author who left a laptop in a bike shop had his computer, and manuscript inside, stolen. (via BBC News)
  • Paradise Lost and dirty rhymes? Say what! (via The Guardian)
  • With leaf-peeping season kicking off, as we head to Vermont perhaps some Green Mountain State reading is in order? (via Times Argus)
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  1. B3 Week in Review « Boston Book Bums - October 4, 2010

    [...] Tuesday: Another week of book previews from Jack/Jill and of course the news round up from around the globe via the Bookish Intelligence Report. [...]

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