![]() ![]() I feel like my hands are tied right now waiting for landlord and engineer. At the time, owner Rowdah told KATU, "It's a very old building. Johns Booksellers, Portland, Ore., which was forced by the city to close temporarily earlier this month after part of the front of the building crumbled onto the sidewalk. We're all very happy about this new arrangement."ĭamage at St Johns Booksellers (photo: Describing the bookshop and its owner Néna Rawdah as "fixtures of this tight NoPo community," a GoFundMe campaign has been set up to assist St. My original plan was to step away from the job and hope to freelance now and then, but they came up with the compromise of having me write a couple of times a month, which was wonderful of them. "I told the Times I wanted to leave only last Monday. I've had the Monday slot, which makes for a particularly tough schedule. It's a hard job and I've been doing it a very long time. There's no one like her." Explaining her decision, Maslin told Capital: "I've been a full-time critic since 1977, which is why the announcement uses 'grueling,' 'grind' and 'frantic' in its first few lines. At heart she's a readers' critic-equally committed to puncturing the pious and heralding the unsung. "But we don't want to let the moment pass without remarking on Janet's enormous contributions to our pages. "We are hugely relieved that Janet wishes to continue writing, so this is by no means goodbye," Baquet and Mattoon noted. Maslin spent 15 years reviewing books at the newspaper, after 23 years reviewing film. The change is scheduled for July 1, after which Maslin "will continue to write regularly for the New York Times but at a somewhat less grueling pace," according to a memo released by executive editor Dean Baquet and culture editor Danielle Mattoon. New York Times literary critic Janet Maslin is "downshifting to a contributing role," Capital reported, adding that the Times will hire a third full-time book critic, joining Michiko Kakutani and Dwight Garner, to replace her. They are a tireless book industry advocate which makes them especially suited to receive this award which was specifically created to recognize industry leadership. ![]() "They are supreme advocates for literacy fostering relationships and partnerships with other important organizations such as the unPrison Project, We Need Diverse Books, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. "I could not be happier than to be honoring the Children's Book Council this year," said Rosato. ![]() in Room 1E12/1E13/1E14 of the Javits Center. However, its sequel will be up against the action-adventure Everest starring Jake Gyllenhaal as well as an untitled Whitey Bulger biopic with Johnny Depp.The Children's Book Council will receive BookExpo America's 2015 Industry Ambassador Award, which recognizes "major innovators and creative business leaders in the book industry." BEA show organizers said the CBC's work "is both personal and special for its dedication to fostering literacy, diversity and education, making it eminently qualified to receive the award." Next Wednesday, BEA show manager Steven Rosato will present the award to Jon Colman, executive director of CBC, during a ceremony at 4 p.m. The Maze Runner beat out other new releases, A Walk Among Tombstones and This Is Where I Leave You, for the top of the box office this week, grossing $32.5 million domestically and $37.6 million internationally (it only had a budget of $34 million). The followup will be based on author James Dashner’s second novel in the series, The Scorch Trials, and will continue the stories of Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow maze inhabitants. Reviews of The Maze Runner have been mixed - we considered it one of the better YA adaptations, though the film has its flaws - but after hitting #1 at the box office this weekend, 20th Century Fox has given the sequel a green light.Īccording to Variety, Fox has announced that the sequel, titled The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, will hit theaters in less than a year on September 18th, 2015. ![]()
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