Dzanc Books was formed in September of last year by Steve Gillis and Dan Wickett, the hardest working man in the litblog business. Operating as a non-profit, Dzanc Books is dedicated to publishing not for bottom-line gain, but for literary, educational, and charitable reasons. Oh, and let’s not forget that although the company isn’t trying to make barrels […]
Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and the upcoming Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey was on the Travel Channel last night. He appeared on an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations where the chef toured the Pacific Northwest. While in Portland, Palahniuk showed Bourdain around some of the more off-beat eateries. Bourdain was particularly […]
I have a 1936 Royal KHM typewriter with a 12″ carriage. It’s in working order, but needs a new ribbon. Does anyone know where you can buy vintage typewriter ribbons? Or, maybe there are modern ribbons that can fit onto this older spools?
If you know anything about old typewriters and can offer some words of […]
Hope everyone enjoys their Friday. Sorry the posts have been pretty light this week. I’ve been swamped at work and my week has been incredibly hectic. Things will be back to normal next week.
Have a good weekend!
A lucky, and opportunistic, screenwriter is using Craigslist to find a date for the Oscars. “It looks like due to a huge screenwriting windfall they want to give me 2 tickets to the Oscars,” the ad states. “Being single right now means, yes, I need a date.”
I would try this myself. But I’m afraid that […]
Bookslut points to this comic.
In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I have never seen a single, complete episode of Law & Order. Nor have I seen Law & Order: CI. Ain’t seen Law & Order: SVU either. Haven’t gotten around to watching Law & Order: K9 Squad, Law & Order: Roto-Rooter Investigations, or Law & […]
Authors… they just keep getting younger and younger.
I was flipping channels last night and came across the 131st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on USA Network. I always get a kick out of these things. I grew up surrounded by black labs (in fact, breeding them allowed my parents to pay for my extensive orthodontic work.. yep, headgear and everything), my grandfather was […]
Tickets are now on sale for a Larry Brown tribute concert in Oxford, MS on March 22nd. Held at Proud Larry’s, the concert will feature Robert Earl Keen, Alejandro Escovedo, Vic Chesnutt, Ben Weaver, Brent Best, Duff Dorrough, Cary Hudson, Tim Lee and Clint Jordan, and will be hosted by Clyde Edgerton.
The event will […]