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June 2008
- Graphic Bod Novel Jars Germany
  
  New York Times | Jun 6, 08 4:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A highly explicit novel that explores every body crevice of its teenage female narrator has scandalized Germany—and topped bestseller lists, the New York Times reports. The controversial novel, which mixes the anatomical and scatological with the erotic, is a feminist statement challenging a world that expects women to be overly shaved and sanitized, said author Charlotte Roche. More »
- Paddington, at 50, Gets a Very 2008 Makeover
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 2, 08 4:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Paddington Bear is celebrating his 50th birthday with a comeback, the Daily Telegraph reports, as the first new book in 30 years arrives soon. Though the marmalade-loving furball will be charming as ever, Paddington Here and Now might raise controversy: It’s about immigration. More »
May 2008
- Bored at Work? Site Disguises Classic Lit
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 30, 08 2:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Business world got you down? Want to escape into a classic poem or short story? The New Zealand Book Council has made a website to help you: ReadatWork.com. The site brings up a fake Windows desktop with folders and PowerPoint files, the Wall Street Journal reports. Click on them, and you get classic literature disguised as a business presentation. More »
- JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 29, 08 3:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Potter fans mourned when JK Rowling ended the enormously popular schoolboy wizard saga with the seventh and final book last year. But now she has written a surprise short prequel likely to trigger a bidding frenzy. Rowling has donated an 800-word handwritten manuscript to the British bookseller Waterstone's to be auctioned for charity. More »
- 10 Easy Breezy Summer Reads
  
  MSNBC | May 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The perfect summer read is like a breathmint: light, refreshing, and available for purchase at the airport. Cosmopolitan book editor John Searles dishes his top 10 titles of the season to MSNBC. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein: a family tell-all—from the dog’s POV The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer: a woman learns dark secrets about her husband More »
- New Bond Hits Bookstores
  
  AFP | May 27, 08 1:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new James Bond novel will hit bookstores tomorrow, marking what would have been the 100th birthday of creator Ian Fleming, AFP reports. Details of the new thriller, Devil May Care , have been kept secret, but author Sebastian Faulks—given a license to write Bond books by the Fleming estate—says the new 007 novel "is in the spirit of the original and very funny." More »
- Big Brother Indeed: Orwell Prank Ends in Arrests
  
  New Bedford Standard-Times | May 22, 08 3:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - What appears to be a senior prank that saw students commandeer the public-address system at a Massachusetts high school to read George Orwell (or perhaps Fidel Castro) ended with arrests and protests yesterday, the New Bedford Standard-Times reports. More »
- 10 Score Later, America Still Loves Lincoln
  
  Newsweek | May 19, 08 4:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Honest Abe may be gone, but an industry of books, debates, and a Spielberg biopic are all alive and well. With Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial coming next year, all three White House hopefuls have invoked his name, and the US Mint is issuing pennies to honor states where he lived. "He changed America's views through his verbiage and thoughts," one expert said. More »