• Brielfy Noted | Epexegetic Biographic Addenda « LRB blog

    Updated: 2012-04-20 18:24:55
    The tug of war over Joyce copyright continues. The National Library of Ireland has just released digital copies of a collection of papers bought from Alexis Léon in 2002 for €12.6 million, in response to an attempted copyright coup by Danis Rose. The NLI’s holdings are a stunning collection of Joyceana, consisting of an early read more »

  • Briefly Noted | Kobo And WHSmith To Launch 100 New Kobo Experiential Shops

    Updated: 2012-04-20 15:08:17
    Kobo Inc., a global leader in eReading, today announced plans to open new Kobo branded shops within 100 WHSmith High Street retail locations in 2012. This decision follows the successful trial of the ‘Kobo Centre’ in some of WHSmith’s larger stores. Across the United Kingdom, WHSmith stores will provide consumers with a signature Kobo experience read more »

  • Book Launch: John Henry Biggart

    Updated: 2012-04-20 09:52:31
    The Ulster Historical Foundation launches John Henry Biggart: Pathologist, Professor and Dean of Medical Faculty, Queen’s University, Belfast by Denis Biggart in the Christ Church Library* at 7pm on Tuesday 24th April 2012 with Sir Peter Froggartt as guest speaker. Light refreshments will be provided and there is parking available. RSVP: Ulster Historical Foundation, 49 read more »

  • Shortlist Announced For Kerry Group Irish Novel Of The Year Award

    Updated: 2012-04-12 09:47:12
    Writers’ Week announced the shortlist for the Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award with a prize fund of €20,000 in Dublin on Wednesday 13th April. The shortlist comprises Kevin Barry, City of Bohane, Christine Dwyer Hickey, The Cold Eye of Heaven, Anne Enright, The Forgotten Waltz, Carlo Gébler, The Dead Eight and Belinda McKeon, read more »

  • Brielfy Noted | Eason’s to close two shops and cut 25 jobs – Business News, Business – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-04-05 09:30:26
    Around 25 jobs are to go as Irish book giant Eason’s shuts two stores and an office in Northern Ireland. The bookseller blamed declining sales for its decision to pull down the shutters in Carryduff, Co Down and Westwood Shopping Centre in west Belfast next month. It also announced the closure in June of an read more »

  • Briefly Noted | In Brief: Apple, DoJ Near E-Book Pricing Settlement – Mobiledia

    Updated: 2012-04-03 08:43:45
    This has been building for a while. The reverberations will impact on pretty much everyone. Reader, writers AND publishers: What’s Next: When the Department of Justice, Apple and associated publishers come to an eventual arrangement, its widely expected to lower e-book prices for consumers across the market. But that turn of events could be a read more »

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