Guest Post by Author Anna Staniszewski: Top Five Favorite Fairy Tales
Today on the blog, I’m excited to have a guest post by Anna Staniszewski, author of the hilarious My Very Unfairy Tale Life series. The...
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May 10, 20101 min read
Brontë sisters action figures!
This is just too cool not to share. Make sure to watch towards the end to see the Brontësaurus in action! #charlottebronte #emilybronte...
Apr 26, 20101 min read
A sneak peek at some new e-ink gadgets
Redferret.net has an interesting blogpost about some new e-ink prototypes, including one with a flexible screen: #eink #ereader #video
Mar 22, 20102 min read
Monkey Week at Monkey Poop!
I’ve decided to declare this week Monkey Week here at Monkey Poop in honor of my two year blogaversary! Okay, so the anniversary was...
Mar 16, 20101 min read
Ray Bradbury on Writing and Rejection
In junior high (aka middle school to some) I did a project on Ray Bradbury and ended up reading all of his short stories that we had in...
Mar 11, 20101 min read
Making a Book Cover
(via @bookninja #video
Feb 27, 20101 min read
How to make a book (1947)
(via The Book Bench and via Book Patrol) #link #video
Feb 18, 20101 min read
Three of My Favorite Disney Lullabies
Okay this is a bit off-topic but in the spirit of my new motherhood I thought I’d share a few of my favorite Disney lullabies with you....
Jan 20, 20101 min read
Lebowitz: Jane Austen is popular because she is misread and misunderstood
I seem to be in (yet another) Jane Austen kick these days. Author and Vanity Fair contributing editor Fran Lebowitz on Jane Austen (via...
Oct 8, 20091 min read
Boston Globe Horn-Book Award Speeches
Here is Neil Gaiman’s Acceptance speech for The Graveyard Book: You can see the rest of the videos here (including MT Anderson’s speech):...
Oct 3, 20091 min read
Mad Men–Sesame Street Style
(as seen on bookshelves of doom) #AMC #MadMen #sesamestreet #video
Sep 18, 20091 min read
Harvard Book Store to offer Espresso…
…book machine that is! Check out http://www.harvard.com/bookmachine/ for more info. They’re also having a machine naming contest so email...
Sep 11, 20091 min read
still don’t want to read the book, but i might want to see the made for TV movie…
(via bookshelves of doom) PS I’m going on vacay for a week or so. I’ll be responding to emails, but won’t be posting to the blog. See you...
Aug 14, 20091 min read
E-reader with a flexible screen
this e-reader (called the Readius) looks really cool to me, but I guess they’ve been having trouble finding investors. I wish I could get...
Jun 29, 20091 min read
espresso book machine
I’ve been hearing about this automatic book machine for a while now but this is the first time I’ve actually seen a video of the machine...
May 20, 20091 min read
Sherlock is that you? Are you sure?
(As blogged by bookshelves of doom) I’m pretty sure Sherlock wasn’t like this in the stories I read but it might still be entertaining:...
May 15, 20091 min read
A Conversation With Jeffrey Eugenides
An interview with one of my favorite authors: A Conversation With Jeffrey Eugenides – Video Library – The New York Times #links #video
Oct 1, 20082 min read
Neal Stephenson’s Anathem and made up words
So this morning, my husband showed me this XKCD comic making fun of Neal Stephenson’s new book Anathem (Disclaimer: I have not actually...
May 2, 20081 min read
“The Writing of Fantasy” lecture online
I recently discovered this lecture online and wish I could have gone to it. The speakers were Gregory Maguire, Susan Cooper, and Roger...
Apr 29, 20081 min read
Amy Tan on Creativity
Peta had this on her journal and I really enjoyed it. It is a lecture by Amy Tan on creativity from Ted.com #amytan #video
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