a dark novel about the Qajari lords of Isfahan

Until recently, Humphrey Nwosu, chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, the body that conducted the ill-fated June 12, 1993 presidential election, had been something of a folk hero in Nigeria.

The Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz have announced that Marcel Beyer has won the well-endowed Joseph-Breitbach-Preis.

At the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Nantes they have an exhibit on "l'art contemporain de Georges Perec", Regarde de tous tes yeux, regarde.

The July issue of Open Letters Monthly is now up, and this time they have two servings of our favourite feature, their 'Peer Reviews', in which they consider the review-reactions to recent books.

In a new interview "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe compares "Half-Blood Prince" to the 1996 film "Trainspotting." Dan says of the movie "the dark parts are so dark, they're black."