Related Links
Serendipity
A whimsical selection of links which have some
relationship to books, reading, or readers. I hope you are amazed,
amused, entertained, and enlightened, if not by all, then at least
by one or two!
Page by Page/Page par Page
"This site takes an inside look at how books for children are
made. Using real-life examples [
Zoom Upstream and
School], you will explore the story behind the story.
You'll discover inside information: starting with where the idea
came from, all the way to what happens after the book is printed."
Created by Library and Archives Canada.
Based on the Book
'Based on the Book' is a compilation of over 1,000 book
titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion
pictures. Utilizing the Internet Movie Database as the authority on
release dates, all movies in this collection have been released
since 1980. Created by the Mid-Continent Public Library in
Missouri.
EncycloZine
Describing itself as a hybrid of a portal and a "concise
encyclopedia," EncycloZine features encyclopedia-like entries to
over 100 topics and quality links to related sites. Most of the
topics cover academic subjects, but a number are devoted to games,
puzzles, and computers. The entries for topics in science,
computers, and mathematics are particularly good..(Some of the
humanities entries are less inspiring, such as the
straight-from-the-old-handbook listing of literary terms in the
"literature" entry.) -Copyright
Internet
Scout Project, 1994-2000.
Soupsong
You are asking yourself "Why is this site listed here?" For
three reasons: 1) What goes better with a good book and an easy
chair on a cold rainy/snowy day than a mug of steaming soup? 2) The
home page of this site has a great take off of Lewis Carroll's Mock
Turtle Song from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland--another site on
this list (see Wired for Books below). 3) You were warned--this is
a whimsically selected list!
Booknotes on C-SPAN
T
he permanent online archive for C-SPAN's
award-winning author interview program, Booknotes, which ran for
nearly sixteen years, from 1989 to 2004.
Writer's Digest
A supplement to the printed edition of the Writer's Digest,
this site contains the most current information on publishing both
fiction and non-fiction. Also found is a Hot List, which lists 100
magazines that pay the most for articles; a searchable list of
market guidelines; selected texts from Writer's Digest, Fiction
Writer, and Story magazines; a list of writing contests sponsored
by the publisher; and a schedule of writing conferences. -From
The
Librarians' Index to the Internet
CALENDARS:
Chamber's Book of Days
Subtitled A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connection
with the Calendar, Chamber's Book of Days is essentially a
collection of "On this Day" trivia, short pieces, and other
interesting tidbits, including history, literature, biography, and
"oddities of human life and character." Digitized by the University
of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, this electronic reprint may be
browsed in page order or via a calendar navigator. The site offers
a fun look into pop-history/ tabloid news of the late nineteenth
century. For instance, I discovered that on the day of my birth in
1626 "a cod-fish was brought to Cambridge market, which upon being
opened, was found to contain a book in its maw or stomach." An
auspicious date to be born indeed. Copyright 1994-2004
Internet
Scout Project
Daily Bleed
"Calendar of eclectic events, public secrets..." and even
noteworthy dates for fictional characters. Select a date and get a
list of events for that day in world history, spanning all
subjects, in chronological order. Each date page has links to
related resources and many linked (and sometimes broken) graphics.
Updated daily. Searchable by name or event, using the Google search
engine. -From
The
Librarians' Index to the Internet
WORDS:
AskOxford.com
All about words, including games, names and grammar. Both US
and UK views. From Oxford University Press.
LISTEN (audio players required):
Wired for Books
Now includes MP3 recordings. A veritable garden of wonderful
audio recordings, ranging from children's literature (Beatrix
Potter and Alice in Wonderland) to numerous readings and lectures
by poets (Robert Pinsky), novelists (Jim Harrison) and many, many
more--even the Iliad in Greek and the Aeneid in Latin!
The Book that Changed Your Life
Listen to this episode of the public radio show, This
American Life. Click on "On The Radio, then "1999" and scroll down
to August 20.
Mercury Theater on the Air
First broadcast in July 1938, the Mercury Theatre on the Air
featured the New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and
John Houseman. The show is most famous for its "War of the Worlds"
broadcast. Listen to most of the programs online using the plug-in
RealAudio, or download them. A complete show list is also
available. -From
The
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Grimm Brothers @ nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic presents this site that will read you a
bedtime story, although these unexpurgated Grimm Brother's Fairy
Tales from a 1914 translation are not exactly soothing. The twelve
tales here are full of wicked stepmothers, hungry wolves, bewitched
wild beasts, and all manner of spells and curses. All of the
stories include at least one illustration, and audio is provided
for several. I was pleased to find the story I remember from my
childhood edition of Grimm Brothers's, "Little Briar Rose," the
original Sleeping Beauty story. The site also includes biographical
information on the Grimms, kids's activities, links to other fairy
tale resources on the Web, and the complete text of an article by
Thomas O'Neill from the December 1999 National Geographic on the
Grimm Brothers and the history of fairy tales. Ignore the screaming
banner ads, and enjoy a good read. -Copyright
Internet
Scout Project, 1994-2000.
Vincent Voice Library/Michigan Writers Series - Spring
'99
Recordings and images from readings and discussion with
prominent Michigan authors.
