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April 13, 2007 
We are Kiva 'loaners' and invite
you to join us in changing the world one loan at a time. Here is the Anglophile
Books portfolio. We would like to add a customer Kiva page
to our web site. If you are willing to share a link to your Kiva portfolio
please contact us.
Sept.
14, 2006 The Man Booker Prize for fiction shortlist
announced
Have you read any of the six titles on the shortlist? David Mitchell,
the bookmakers favourite, failed to make the final six authors vying for
the £50,000 award as did Peter Carey, previous two-time winner. The
winner will be announced Oct. 10. The
Book Standard has short reviews of most of the nominated titles.
Sept. 13, 2006 Roald
Dahl born on this day in 1916
Sept.
13, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed alphabetically
by author with shopping cart access (recommended) or chronologicallyby arrival date.
Our last Anglophile Books book tote bag was sold today. Thank
you to all that purchased them; they are now collector's items! :o)
Sept.
8, 2006 Storybook England
Thanks to Jerri C. for sending us this delightful link. We could spend
hours (when we are not working of course, ahem...) exploring this site
that features some of our favourite children's authors and their wonderful
books.
Sept.
3, 2006WW2 People's War
Between June 2003 and January 2006 the BBC asked the public to share
their memories of World War Two. This fascinating archive created from
their contributions has 47,000 stories and 15,000 images. Anglophile Books
has WWII
fiction and non-fiction books available.
Aug. 27,
2006 The Joy of Reading
A wonderful article about introducing children to the
wonder of books and the joys of reading. As one that doesn't have
children, I've noticed that cats don't seem to get past the babies and
toddlers stage mentioned in the article with very occasional forays
into the books as tunnels, preschooler realm.
Aug.
24, 2006 A.S. Byatt born on this day in 1936
Aug. 22,
2006 The 2006 Quills Awards nominees announced
The Quills celebrates the best books of the year in
nineteen popular categories, ranging from romance to biography to
graphic novels. Maya Angelou, Diana Gabaldon, Frank
McCourt, Elizabeth Peters, and Lauren Willig are among those with books nominated
this year. A link to vote for
your favourites, as well as information about the awards and the
nominated books located at the date link above. The awards
will be presented on October 10 and the ceremony will be broadcast by
NBC in the US on October 28.
Aug. 20, 2006 Happy Birthday,
Holly H. !
Holly has been a good friend and customer of Anglophile
Books since 1998. She has written several book recommendations for us.
The date link will take you to the books we currently have
available that Holly thinks fellow Anglophiles will enjoy.
We'd love to share your book recommendations too. Please send us short blurbs or recommendationsof any books you notice while browsing the web site.
Aug. 20, 2006 Happy
Birthday, Tom J. and Susan K. !
Aug. 19,
2006 Children's book centre celebrates its first
birthday Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books, is
housed in a Grade
II-listed
former Victorian granary in Newcastle. It aims to explore and
celebrate children's literature
by collecting and preserving the original artwork and manuscripts of
Britain's modern writers and illustrators.
Aug.
17, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed alphabetically
by author with shopping cart access (recommended) or chronologicallyby arrival date.
Aug.
16, 2006 Georgette
Heyer born on this day in 1902
For those that missed it earlier, here is an excellent article
written by Jerri Chase Comparing
the Lives and Works of Dorothy L. Sayers, D.E. Stevenson and Georgette
Heyer with Angela Thirkell It is available onthe web site with her kind permission.
Aug.
12-28,
2006 Edinburgh International Book Festival
You know we would love to go to this. Have you ever been? The web site
has podcasts available which is some consolation for those of us that
can't
attend.
Aug.
9, 2006 P.L.
Travers born on this day in 1899
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