Events on September 17, 2003:

Official Shortlist Announced--Man Booker Prize

The six shorlisted books were chosen from a longlist of twenty-three and are:

Monica All- Brick Lane- Doubleday

Margarate Atwood-Oryx and Crake- Bloomsbury

Damon Galgut- The Good Doctor- Atlantic Books

Zoe Heller- Notes On a Scandal- Viking Penguin

Clare Morrall- Astonishing Splashes Of Colour- Tindal Street Press

DBC Pierre- Vernon God Little- Faber & Faber

Visit the Man Booker Website for more details

25th Annual New York is Book Country

What began as a one-day street fair on Fifth Avenue, has grown to a 5 day literary event celebrating the entire city as "book country".  Attended by over 250,000 book lovers from NYC and all over the world, special attention is focused on attracting children and making this a family affair. 

Visit the website http://www.nyisbookcountry.com/

NYIBC Mission Statement:
The mission of New York is Book Country is threefold - (1) to promote the joy of reading (2) to reach all New York City schoolchildren through a citywide network of programs to impress upon them the joys of reading and writing, and (3) to help sustain the New York Public Libraries.

Come on out and show your support!