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Writers Festival Snarking
Interestingly, the organizers seem to have anticipated this development, and provided a designated Bagging Room ... They really did write this ...
However, more than eyebrows were heightened when humorist Danny Katz referred to Patricia Cornwell as a "dirty rotten nasty evil stupid little bitch" - because she writes thick thrillers that are popular with his partner. Meanwhile, over in Good Weekend on August 9 (p 18) internationally-acclaimed author Morris Gleitzman was interviewed in bed with his partner, a la John & Yoko style. But it was very tastefully done and everything - balding, bespectacled Gleitzman, aged 50, and his partner are photographed reading each other's books. Some readers may be a little disappointed that he doesn't say anything controversial about anyone ... ... There is no more to read >>
Preparation Tip #1
With the M.E.M.O. Fall Conference now only 3 weeks away, the Warrior Librarian undertook all 291 pages of Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon Summer 1956". Sure, it was set in a period nearly 50 years ago, but the scenery wouldn't have changed all that much. Except for maybe the urban and suburban areas, the infrastructure, the culture, the people .... ... There is no more to read >>
LATEST HUMOR PAGE First Aid For Libraries  Everyone should learn first aid, and every library should have someone trained in advanced CPR and EAR, as well as AACR2. (Which, although not exactly life-saving, is still pretty important.)WLW is proud to present some library-specific first aid tips, for the next time someone leaves a resuscitation mannequin on your library floor ... ... Check it out >> MORE ORIGINAL HUMOR
Research has shown that the average librarian will take 5-10 minutes to read this web page. Anecdotal evidence is suggesting that many librarians fear they do not have enough time to investigate the humor links. The majority of the 90+ original library humor items in the Humor Index are designed to take less than 2 minutes to read. However, if you choose to hang around there for hours reading them all, then re-reading them, then WLW cannot take any responsibility. You now have the choice of using the genetically unmodified Alphabetical Index or the dolphin-safe Dewey Version. Caffeine-free version has been temporarily canned, pending an FDA investigation ... MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES TO DATE:
Meanwhile over at Amazon.com, the current sales rating for Biblia's Guide has slipped from last week's 90,000 down to around the 500,000. Again. But at least Amazon have stopped using the Biblia information page to advertise working in Australia as a librarian. The new commercial is for a UK company offering LMS-style qualifications online.
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WLW recently lifted the lid on the anticipated controversy over the unnatural similarities between Jerome K. Jerome's Three men in a boat and Kenneth Graham's Wind in the Willows published a decade later. Further research has now uncovered the fact that although astronomer Asaph Hall was credited with discovering the two moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos), they were actually 'predicted' 150 years earlier in Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels. Sheesh! What about giving credit where credit's due? (Except for overdue fines, of course. Make them pay the cash up front.) ... There is no more to read >> |
Concerned Australians should be alerted to the fact that the Warrior Librarian was nowhere near the fire that claimed Sydney's St Ives High School library. Although, there are a few school libraries where a box of matches and a can of petrol could be considered as a good long-term investment .... Computer Business Review reports that the Sun considers joining eclipse. This highlights how outdated our science-book stock is, what with all their talk about gravity 'n' such .... The search is on in Tibet for sacred texts missing from a library. Someone is going to have some heavy overdue fines to pay ... You have to worry about the news from New Zealand, where police don't consider there is anything suspicious about bodies outside libraries ... Meanwhile, in Ireland, an ex-nun principal misappropriated a huge whack of money, "leaving the library virtually bookless". We're suprised that anyone even noticed .... The laying of a foundation stone for a new complex that will include a library in India isn't nearly as astounding as the monika of the Chief Minister. Read it through a few times - we also thought it had to be a spoof on the first reading ... There is no more >>
Some of the best things in life aren't things. Bumper Sticker
Is Harleigh Kyson the real name of the author of Library School Lunacy, and did s/he eventually find work in a library? There is no more >>
Although smaller children may not fully appreciate the subtle nuances of Morning Glory, who the heck wants to keep doing read-alouds about frog princes and Harry Potter ... There is no more >>
Fans of English literature will have a ball playing with the interactive rooms at Literary Landscapes, and with a moderately reasonable excuse .... There is no more >>
The History of Reading and Writing makes for fascinating reading - but strangely stops at 1900 Â… There is no more >>
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As the Melbourne (Australia) Writers' 
Many an eyebrow was raised when over in Print Land, Children's author Duncan Ball stated in a major newspaper that "writers can be a surprising miserable lot" (Sun-Herald Magazine Sunday Life, Aug 10, 2003; p 6).
When travelling to conferences, particularly those in a different country (or state), don't forget to include some culturally significant reading in your busy preparation schedule.
Not one broadsheet (or even tabloid) chose to publish anything by the Warrior Librarian in the last week. This includes both the Blacktown Sun and the Blacktown Advocate, both of whom received letters to the Editor about the month-long closure of Blacktown library (to accommodate extentions to the nearby shopping mall). We'd cancel our subscription to both of these papers, except for the fact they are free.
Only three weeks left until the Warrior Librarian delivers the keynote address for the M.E.M.O. Fall Conference in North Dakota,USA. Some seats may still be left, if you hurry. The significance of this event is also noted by the Children's Literature Network.
Over the course of the last week, it seems that there have been no additions of Warrior Librarian material to any academic web site. Unfortunately the search wasn't exhaustive, as the manager at work kept walking past, and I had to pretend I was doing my personal email ...
The math teaching portal, 
The world's most quoted author (according to a Readers' Digest survey) Ashleigh Brilliant wrote to discuss the terms and conditions of his Ph.D. This prompted us to ponder the greatness of group email, where one individual can share their thoughts, hopes and dreams with several million of their closest friends ....
