Best 18 of 2018: Book Culture on Broadway
Submitted by kalderdice on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 4:30pm
Check out the bestsellers for this year at Book Culture on Broadway!
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Best 18 of 2018: Book Culture LIC
Submitted by info@bookculture.com on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 8:32pm
Check out the bestsellers for this year at Book Culture LIC!
Best 18 of 2018: Book Culture 112th
Submitted by info@bookculture.com on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 4:30pm
Check out the bestsellers for this year at Book Culture on 112th!
Columbia University Press Party
Submitted by CodyStuart on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 3:25pmIn honor of University Press week, Book Culture hosted a party to celebrate Columbia University Press. We asked some of the attendees for book recommendations, which yielded eclectic results.
Meredith Howard, a director of marketing at Columbia University Press, is currently reading Do This For Me, by Eliza Kennedy, about a high-powered lawyer who plots revenge after learning of her husband’s infidelity. Next up is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Accessory to War, about the relationship between astrophysicists and the US Military.
National Book Awards 2018
Submitted by kalderdice on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 7:56pm
The 2018 National Book Award winners were announced last Wednesday, November 14th. Since its inception in 1950, the National Book Award has been one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for literature. Past award winners include Vladimir Nabokov, Hannah Arendt, and Ralph Ellison.
University Press Week 2018
Submitted by info@bookculture.com on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 3:21pm
Book Culture loves the eclectic and exciting books published by university presses - that’s why we’re so excited to celebrate University Press Week! University Presses are known for publishing books that might otherwise be considered too experimental or esoteric. As a result, the roughly 14,000 books published annually by university presses are some of the most eclectic and exciting volumes on our shelves
Q&A with author Diana Senechal
Submitted by nbuzanski on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 4:31pm
In anticipation of her event on February 22nd at our 112th street location, we talked with Diana Senechal about her newest work Mind Over Memes. Read her Q&A on our blog!
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2018 Shortlist
Submitted by kalderdice on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 8:01pm
Congratulations to all the authors and works that were recognized today by the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction! Check out the shortlisted works and read to the end to find out more about an upcoming Book Culture event with last year's winner, David France.
German Story Time at Broadway is Back!
Submitted by kalderdice on Wed, 09/12/2018 - 1:18pm
German storytime is back at Book Culture on Broadway! Starting this week, Beatrice Beckmann, founder of KinderBooks, will be reading downstairs in our children’s room on Fridays at 4:30pm.
Changing, Adjusting, Expanding: Conversation On The Art Of Translation With Author & Translator Kate Briggs
Submitted by info@bookculture.com on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 11:04pm
Inspired by Women In Translation Month, BC bookseller emeritus Adam Fales sat down with translator Kate Briggs to talk about how translation happens. We all know how essential translation is in a world of over 6,000 languages, but the craft, dilligence, effort and finesse that goes into a work of translation often goes unnoticed when executed seamlessly. Briggs's essay collection This Little Art offers us a peek inside the intricate, at times grueling process of translating a book. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation with her as much as we did!
