46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 1642 – King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war. 1965 – French tennis player, Guy Forget, is born in Casablanca, Morocco. 1981 – Craig Michael Walzer is born in St. Michael’s […]
Our friend Jeremy Mercer, of Time Was Soft There fame, wrote an article about Paravion Press in Ode Magazine.
The Lonely Planet has put out a list of the world’s greatest bookshops, and we’ve cracked the top ten. BBC has tagged onto the top 10 article in their travel section. The LA Times have also chimed in. (Hat Tip: Claire Kelley)
We are pleased to announce that our very own Craig Michael Walzer’s book, Out of Exile, has been translated into Dutch and will be released in November. The book, under the title, Sudan, will be published by Lebowski Publishers.
Happy Bloomsday, everyone.
My student, Kenton Barks, reads Where The Wild Things Are. [audio:https://atlantisbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/Where-the-Wild-Things-Are1.mp3] Where the Wild Things Are is by Maurice Sendack. Music by Ian Patton (of Henry David and the New Thoreaus fame).
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month. In honor of this, Speech Therapist Kristen Wilson and a group of my students in the Skyline High School Asperger Inclusion Program have entered an awesome video in the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) music and video contest. The video/song must be about protecting your hearing and focus on […]
In case you missed this, it’s an interview with our very own Craig M. Walzer by our very own Kristina Kearns. Serious talk with serious people. Big-ups to The Rumpus for the scoop. Did you know Craig’s book was being used on college campuses?
Friend of the Bookshop, Federica Torri, is opening her very own bookshop tomorrow (logo and website designed by William, site hosted by Quinn) in Santarchangelo di Romagna (just off the main square). The inauguration is tomorrow afternoon for anyone in town (facebook: Libreria The Book Room, or www.thebookroom.it). Congratulations to Federica, from everyone at Atlantis […]
Author J. D. Salinger died today. Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man. And I will raise a Glass to him, asking that he please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parentheses: (((())))