If there is one magical sound that is unfortunately disappearing off the planet forever it is the rumble of presses churning out printed copies of the day’s news in the bowels of a newspaper office building. Bestselling author, Laura Lippman took me back this week to that era before computers, before everything in newspapers was produced electronically, soundlessly and remotely — and when newspapers themselves were not threatened by extinction. Continue reading “Why I Read Laura Lippman’s Lady In The Lake In One Sitting”
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Bad News At 5th Annual Palm Beach Book Festival
Author, journalist and editor, Ben Bradlee Jr. is the man who delivered some really bad news at the Fifth Annual Palm Beach Book Festival last weekend.
It’s not usually a platform for the delivery of bad news — or actually any kind of news other than news of the publication of great, readable books. So, I wasn’t expecting the bombshell Ben delivered. I was there because Ben is a hero of mine. Continue reading “Bad News At 5th Annual Palm Beach Book Festival”