Sept. 14, 2006 The Man Booker Prize for fiction shortlist announced
Have you read any of the six titles on the shortlist? David Mitchell, the bookmakers favourite, failed to make the final six authors vying for the £50,000 award as did Peter Carey, previous two-time winner. The winner will be announced Oct. 10. The Book Standard has short reviews of most of the nominated titles.

Sept. 13, 2006 Roald Dahl born on this day in 1916

Sept. 8, 2006 Storybook England
Thanks to Jerri C. for sending us this delightful link. We could spend hours (when we are not working of course, ahem...) exploring this site that features some of our favourite children's authors and their wonderful books.

Sept.3, 2006 WW2 People's War

Between June 2003 and January 2006 the BBC asked the public to share their memories of World War Two. This fascinating archive created from their contributions has 47,000 stories and 15,000 images. Anglophile Books has WWII fiction and non-fiction books available.

Aug. 27, 2006 The Joy of Reading
A wonderful article about introducing children to the wonder of books and the joys of reading. As one that doesn't have children, I've noticed that cats don't seem to get past the babies and toddlers stage mentioned in the article with very occasional forays into the books as tunnels, preschooler realm.

Aug. 24, 2006 A.S. Byatt born on this day in 1936

Aug. 22, 2006 The 2006 Quills Awards nominees announced
The Quills celebrates the best books of the year in nineteen popular categories, ranging from romance to biography to graphic novels. Maya Angelou, Diana Gabaldon, Frank McCourt, Elizabeth Peters, and Lauren Willig are among those with books nominated this year. A link to vote for your favourites, as well as information about the awards and the nominated books located at the date link above. The awards will be presented on October 10 and the ceremony will be broadcast by NBC in the US on October 28.

Aug. 20, 2006 Happy Birthday, Holly H. !



Holly has been a good friend and customer of Anglophile Books since 1998. She has written several book recommendations for us. The date link will take you to the books currently available that Holly thinks fellow Anglophiles will enjoy.



We'd love to share your book recommendations too. Please send us short blurbs or recommendations of any books you notice while browsing the web site.

Aug. 20, 2006 Happy Birthday, Tom J. and Susan K. !

Aug. 19, 2006 Children's book centre celebrates its first birthday
Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books, is housed in a Grade II-listed former Victorian granary in Newcastle. It aims to explore and celebrate children's literature by collecting and preserving the original artwork and manuscripts of Britain's modern writers and illustrators.

Aug. 17, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed alphabetically by author with shopping cart access (recommended) or chronologically by arrival date.

Aug. 16, 2006 Georgette Heyer born on this day in 1902
For those that missed it earlier, here is an excellent article written by Jerri Chase Comparing the Lives and Works of Dorothy L. Sayers, D.E. Stevenson and Georgette Heyer with Angela Thirkell It is available on the web site with her kind permission.

Aug. 12-28, 2006 Edinburgh International Book Festival
You know we would love to go to this. Have you ever been? The web site has podcasts available which is some consolation for those of us that can't attend.

Aug. 9, 2006 P.L. Travers born on this day in 1899

Aug. 4, 2006 The Domesday Book on-line
One of Britain's oldest public records, and the foundation document of The National Archives, is the 920-year-old census known as the Domesday Book. You can now access it at this informative site which also offers a fascinating glimpse into 11th century England.

Aug.2, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed alphabetically by author with shopping cart access (recommended) or chronologically
by arrival date.

July 30, 2006 Emily Bronte born on this day in 1818

July 24, 2006 Diaries of Samuel Pepys web site
Here is a fun way to get your 17th century England fix every day. At Phil Gyford's site 'a new entry written by Pepys will be published each day over the course of several years; 1 January 1660 was published on 1 January 2003.' You can also read "the story so far" and there are wonderful links to background information.

July 18, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed chronologically by arrival date or (recommended) alphabetically by author (with shopping cart access).

July 15, 2006 "Peter Pan in Scarlet"
The only authorized sequel (in the UK) to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan will be published in October. This article also briefly mentions the US prequels published by Disney.