Features: November 2011 Archives
Thursday November 24, 2011
Ann Patchett - Parnassus Books
Worried by the closure of book stores in her home town of Nashville, Tennessee, award-winning author Ann Patchett decided to take matters into her own hands.
So she opened Parnassus, where you can drop in, grab some quality books and get a must-read list from a must-read author.
Here is Ms. Patchett's current 'must read' list:
What's on your 'must-read' list?The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Knopf, Canada)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, Robert K. Massie (Random House)
Train Dreams, Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson (Ecco.)
The All Of It, Jeannette Halen (HarperCollins)
Categories: Features
Tuesday November 22, 2011
Return to Tahrir
- jeff douglas It was with a chilling sense of deja vu that I listened to Carol speaking to protester Nazly Hussein from Cairo's Tahrir Square yesterday, as Ms. Hussein took part in the massive protests calling for the military to release its hold on power.
It was merely nine months ago that the military was looked to with hope as the power that could lead Egypt to freedom, as tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to drive Hosni Mubarak from power.
Categories: Features, The As It Happens Blog
Wednesday November 16, 2011
Featured Audio: New "Marcel the Shell" Video
In real life, celebrities are always smaller than you thought they'd be. Except, probably, for Marcel. No question about it, Marcel's a star. He's got millions of YouTube fans, and his own book deal. And so far, he's coping well -- he's still the same bashful guy he always was. But no one imagines Marcel is larger than he is. Because his fans have all seen him walking around on a cellphone, or heard him say that he sleeps on bread. I guess I should mention that Marcel is a tiny shell. His full name is "Marcel The Shell With Shoes On". And this week, the filmmakers behind Marcel uploaded the second installment.
Dean Fleischer-Camp is the filmmaker behind Marcel -- along with his finacée, Jenny Slate. We reached Mr. Fleischer-Camp in New York City.
Categories: Features
- December 2011
- Thu., 15 – Hummingbird Mystery Solved
- Thu., 1 – A Whale of an Accent
- November 2011
- Thu., 24 – Ann Patchett - Parnassus Books
- Tue., 22 – Return to Tahrir
- Wed., 16 – Featured Audio: New "Marcel the Shell" Video
- October 2011
- Mon., 10 – Jim Thomson responds to Don Cherry
- Fri., 7 – Swede meets weed
- September 2011
- Wed., 28 – Mount Allison Memorial Library
- Wed., 21 – Africville Heritage Trust
- Wed., 21 – Canadian Air and Space Museum Closure
- Thu., 15 – Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz
- August 2011
- Thu., 25 – Interview With Nurse Karen Graham In Tripoli
- July 2011
- Fri., 29 – Ireland Church Abuse (extended version)
- Fri., 1 – Afghanistan Archive Feature
- June 2011
- Fri., 24 – G-20 Bill Blair (Extended Version)
- Fri., 17 – Botswana Ambassador (extended version)
- March 2011
- February 2011
- Wed., 23 – Gene Sharp on Non-Violent Revolution
- January 2011
- Wed., 19 – Word of the Day: "Bicimaquina"
- December 2010
- October 2010
- July 2010
- Wed., 14 – Vermontasaurus
- October 2009
- Wed., 21 – Brian Jungen
- Wed., 14 – World's Hottest Curry
- Thu., 8 – Pothole Art
- June 2009
- Mon., 22 – Fastest Hummingbird
- Mon., 1 – Iran's Election Crisis
- April 2009
- March 2001
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