As a longtime fan of Julia Child, I'm delighted by the recent attention that her masterpiece Mastering the Art of French Cooking has re...

Read Local: Seattle predicts that one of our favorite writers (and University Book Store staffer) Matthew Simmons will win tonight's Li...

Seija sent this from the book department: There are some exciting book-based movies on the near horizon: Julie and Julia opens this Friday,...

From our ace reporter Elisabeth, comes this fun article on using books to flirt. Get a copy of Jack Murnighan's Beowulf on the Beach fo...

Lee Siegel's article in today's Wall Street Journal tracks the change in the taste of American fiction readers and asks "Are y...

• Here's a teaser for tonight's Amelia Gray/Evelyn Hampton/Lotte Kestner event at Neptune Coffee. First, a list by Amelia on Everyda...

• An examination of Raymond Carver 's short fiction before and after it was edited by Gordon Lish. • Electric Literature, a new literar...

That's Schroeder. He was being very well-behaved, waiting for his human, sitting under a table by the window. He gave me a very friendly...