There’s just two days and three hours and four minutes left to submit your entry for the Second Annual Not About The Buildings Writing Prize. (FYI: since entries need to be received–not postmarked–by 11:59 Thursday evening, the ideal way to send your best 5000-word-or-less piece of non-fiction is via e-mail.) More about the prize–and about […]
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We’re now halfway through the Summer Readathon that Not About The Buildings* organized for the local chapter of Books Through Bars. The miserable weather we’ve had has actually been ideal for the twenty-one volunteer readers, each of whom is raising money by sitting home with their nose in a book. For every title they read
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Just a little heads-up on an upcoming event I organized: Not About The Buildings is holding a summer Read-A-Thon to benefit the Providence chapter of Books Through Bars. Basically, a bunch of people have volunteered to read books over the summer, and we’re looking for people who want to sponsor them. It’s sort like one
Tonight at Ada Books, celebrate the end of winter and St Patrick’s Eve with a marathon reading of James Joyce’s snowy story “The Dead.” It’s long for a short story but short for anything else, so it’s not a major time investment, as far as marathon readings go. And, as an extra bonus, it’s hosted
News flash! I’ve got a new blog, for people that prefer reading books to reading things on the internet. (Of course, that sounds like something I’m totally unqualified for, judging from the fact that I have like thirty-six blogs and I spend all day reading Go Fug Yourself and following Kristin Hersh’s Twitter. But it’s
This isn’t for a week-and-a-half yet, but I know how busy you all are, particularly on Mondays in the middle of March. But prepare to take off your winter hat and put on your tam o’shanter because winter is (at least technically) ending soon and Saint Patrick’s Day is fast approaching. On March 16th (St.
I just announced the winner of Not About The Buildings’ first-ever fiction prize over at the website. (Actually, I posted the winner on the website on Monday, then got too busy to send the e-mail announcement, and then didn’t want to announce it yesterday because I figured all of America was thinking about the election.
Next Monday, join library-loving nerds and fans of grueling competition at the second annual Not About The Buildings Spelling Bee. It’s five dollars to enter but free to watch, and the watching’s going to be good, if last year’s Bee at Firehouse 13 is any indication. It’s hosted by little ol’ moi and starts at