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Archive for January, 2011
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![Book Jacket: I’m not your average hero. I actually wasn’t your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cloaked-NEW-CROP-4-115x115.jpg "Cloaked by Alex Flinn – Advance Review")
Cloaked by Alex Flinn – Advance Review
Posted on January 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: I’m not your average hero. I actually wasn’t your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help […] -
Game of Thrones – latest trailer
Posted on January 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe Iron Throne is finally revealed – and wow does that look like one seriously uncomfortable chair… -
![Our weekly trundle through the tweetverse and blogosphere WEB OF INTEREST –> – An unpublished Dashiell Hammet story finally sees the light, this Feb 28th in Strand Magazine – Dashiell […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Byrts-Blog-Trail-BIG-115x115.jpg "The weekly web ramble (1/14)")
The weekly web ramble (1/14)
Posted on January 14, 2011 | No CommentsOur weekly trundle through the tweetverse and blogosphere WEB OF INTEREST –> – An unpublished Dashiell Hammet story finally sees the light, this Feb 28th in Strand Magazine – Dashiell […] -
![From DHD – Walden Media has acquired the rights to Michael Reisman’s Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper, and hired Adam F. Goldberg (Fanboys, Aliens in the Attic) to write the […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Simon-Bloom-2-115x115.jpg "Walden Media acquires Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper")
Walden Media acquires Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper
Posted on January 14, 2011 | No CommentsFrom DHD – Walden Media has acquired the rights to Michael Reisman’s Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper, and hired Adam F. Goldberg (Fanboys, Aliens in the Attic) to write the […] -
![From DHD – An adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic 1939 novel is heading for U.S. theaters, courtesy of IFC Films. IFC has acquired the U.S. rights to Rowan Joffe’s directing […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brighton-Rock-2-115x115.jpg "IFC brings Brighton Rock to US market")
IFC brings Brighton Rock to US market
Posted on January 14, 2011 | No CommentsFrom DHD – An adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic 1939 novel is heading for U.S. theaters, courtesy of IFC Films. IFC has acquired the U.S. rights to Rowan Joffe’s directing […] -
![Hi all, As you may have noticed, our feed was being temperamental this Wednesday and Thursday, but after much banging of forehead on desk, I believe we’ve got it all […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Maine-yurt-115x115.jpg "Status update: the feed glitch")
Status update: the feed glitch
Posted on January 14, 2011 | No CommentsHi all, As you may have noticed, our feed was being temperamental this Wednesday and Thursday, but after much banging of forehead on desk, I believe we’ve got it all […] -
![From The BBC – For those of us who have a weakness for BBC period drama, next season is shaping up quite nicely. BBC One is continuing the BBC’s grand […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/BBC-One-duo-115x115.jpg "BBC One’s novel programming: Charles Dickens, Jennifer Worth")
BBC One’s novel programming: Charles Dickens, Jennifer Worth
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No CommentsFrom The BBC – For those of us who have a weakness for BBC period drama, next season is shaping up quite nicely. BBC One is continuing the BBC’s grand […] -
![From DHD – Warner Brothers has tapped Shane Black (best known for writing the Lethal Weapon movies, Black made his directorial debut with Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang) to direct a U.S. […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Death-Note-2-115x115.jpg "Shane Black to direct Death Note")
Shane Black to direct Death Note
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No CommentsFrom DHD – Warner Brothers has tapped Shane Black (best known for writing the Lethal Weapon movies, Black made his directorial debut with Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang) to direct a U.S. […] -
![One of my favorite parts of circling the exhibit floor like a reader-shark smelling ARC-blood in the water (and a HUGE THANK YOU to all the brave souls manning the […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ALA-mw-2011-TRIM-115x115.jpg "Unexpected Finds – ALA midwinter 2011")
Unexpected Finds – ALA midwinter 2011
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 1 CommentOne of my favorite parts of circling the exhibit floor like a reader-shark smelling ARC-blood in the water (and a HUGE THANK YOU to all the brave souls manning the […] -
![This lo-fi minute and a half hails from back in 2007 – it was director Jonathan Kim’s first-year film at Calarts. This short is cute and disturbing in what I can […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Happiest-Monster-115x115.jpg "The Happiest Monster – Story Break")
The Happiest Monster – Story Break
Posted on January 12, 2011 | No CommentsThis lo-fi minute and a half hails from back in 2007 – it was director Jonathan Kim’s first-year film at Calarts. This short is cute and disturbing in what I can […]
