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THE BEAT: Best Books of 2009 - PW and Amazon weigh in
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Darwyn Cooke's The Hunter named one of the top ten comics of 2009 by Publishers Weekly: http://bit.ly/4hME4J 22 hours ago |
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#End-of-Year-Lists: Publishers Weekly puts down the first of many to come. http://tinyurl.com/ykc2hzu 23 hours ago |
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Best Books of 2009 - PW and Amazon weigh in
THE BEAT —
... Publishers Weekly has published its Best Books of 2009 list and David Small’s STITCHES was named one of the Top Ten books OVERALL. There is also a Best 11 graphic novels: ...
Publisher's Weekly Best of 2009 List!
Sex In A Submarine —
... but 3). Big congratulations to Harry! If you read my review below, you know I really liked it and want to see what happens in the next book in the series. But Publisher's Weekly Best of 2009 List? Those guys know what they are talking about, I'm just some screenwriter who prowls used book stores looking for that missing Highsmith book I've never read. This is great news. Here's a link to the list, scroll down to Mass Market... Publisher's Weekly Best Of 2009 List The great thing about this is that Harry did not take ...
A 10-best books list without women?
Salon —
When the editors of the trade publication Publisher's Weekly announced their list of the 10 best books of the year on Monday, outrage flared across the Internet: Not a single book by a woman made the cut. Comments on P.W.'s Web site likened the list to "a flier tacked to the wall at a men's club," and the fledging feminist literary organization WILLA (Women in Letters and Literary Arts) set up a ...
Sexism Watch: Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009
Women & Hollywood —
The editors of Publishers Weekly have thrown down the gauntlet picking the top 10 books of the year and SURPRISE they are all by guys.
Here’s what Louisa Ermelino said about how they chose the books:
From more than 50,000 volumes, we valiantly set out to choose 100, and this year we’ve upped the ante with a top 10 list. A usually cooperative, agreeable bunch, we gave ourselves a reason to fight. We wanted the list to reflect what we thought were the top 10 books of the year with no other consideration. We expect you’ll be ...
Is It Time To Stop Listing "Best" Books? [Lit Lists]
Jezebel —
... didn't include any female authors on its list of the 10 best books of 2009 . Is a counter-list in order, or should we just do away with such lists entirely? PW reviews director Louisa Ermelino wrote that the publication "ignored gender and genre and who had the buzz" when composing its list, and that "it disturbed us when we were done that our list was all male." But ...
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Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. —
... is a cat, the pirates are all animals, and the young boy is joined by a tough-girl companion on a high seas adventure through imaginative worlds made even more fantastic by Miyazaki's boldly simple but beautiful style. The English language dub is reminiscent of 70's Hong Kong kung fu flick, but that somehow enhances the retro feel of the picture. Awards and Recongition Compuser Joe Hisaishi, a frequent Ghibli movie contributor, has been recognized with Japan's Medals of Honour. Publishers Weekly's Best of 2009 includes Yoshihiro Tatsumi's A Drifting Life and Naoki Urasawa's ...
