Books
Digging into his past
The main character in author Tony DuShane's debut novel started out as the author himself but eventually "he became his own dude."
The ends
Inspired by the Choose Your Own Adventure books, Bay Area cartoonist Jason Shiga wrote a book with 3,856 endings.
A bookbinding celebration
Enough hand-wringing over the death of the book. It's having a quiet heyday, while digital devices mutate madly.
Northern California Book Award nominees
Here's the full list for this year's awards, to be held April 18 at the San Francisco Public Library.
Creating sympathy for a devil
In "Horns," Joe Hill tackles perhaps the ultimate villain in a story that subverts the traditional understanding of good and evil.
Highlights good design
Elle Decor editor-in-chief Margaret Russell's "Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor" is a stylish stroll through the archives.
Fom newsman to novelist
The line between investigative reporting and crime investigation is thin, as writer Paul McHugh exposes in his novel "Deadlines."
Celebrating reading
Authors get behind the wheel of Tom Corwin's decommissioned bookmobile to travel the country and talk about the importance of books.
A literary cabaret
With nine years of monthly soirees to its credit, Writers With Drinks is among the most established reading series in the Bay Area.
Dick Francis dies
The best-selling British thriller writer and former champion jockey died Sunday in his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89.
Week: 03.07.10
- the help
by Kathryn Stockett - the girl who played with fire
by Stieg Larsson - the man from beijing
by Henning Mankell - the lacuna
by Barbara Kingsolver - union atlantic
by Adam Haslett
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