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Still wild about Harry

If only there was a spell to fight the "dark art" of sleep deprivation. Hundreds of Harry Potter fans of all ages - some costumed - waited late into the night Friday at Lawrence bookstores for the midnight release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," J.K. Rowling's latest novel about the orphaned wizard. Many readers were expected to dive into the novel immediately upon purchase and keep reading until dawn.

Library top 10
November 2, 2009
Here are the top-10 most-requested books at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., for the week of Oct. 19 through Oct. 25.
The Edge
November 2, 2009
• ‘9 Dragons’ (Books) • ‘Dracula: The Un-Dead’ (Books) • The Swell Season (Music)
The science of writing: KU grad in medicinal chemistry shifts gears to write novel
By Meghan Nuckolls
November 2, 2009
A young woman walked along a beach in a dream, and Ann Warner was hooked. Who was she? Where was she going? Warner, a Ph.D. graduate from Kansas University and celebrated scholar, left the ivory tower of academia to find out.
Creative writing collection by inmates helps participants find common ground
By Shaun Hittle
November 2, 2009
A full literary cycle. That’s what Americorps volunteer Paige Blair calls the recent six-page publication of collected short stories, poems and essays created by female inmates at the Douglas County Jail.
‘Building of distinction’: New book explores KU’s Spooner Hall
By Terry Rombeck
November 1, 2009
Even before he walked in, Kansas University architecture professor Barry Newton could tell Spooner Hall was special.
‘Depressionist’ art: Works of ‘30s served as more than escapism
Chris Vognar/The Dallas Morning News
November 1, 2009
The Great Depression has rolled off many a pundit’s tongue of late as we strain to make sense of the current economic meltdown.
Poet’s Showcase: ‘The Myth of Stull, Kansas’
By Tom Mach - Lawrence
November 1, 2009
If someone tells you to go to hell, Take Highway 40
Library top 10
October 26, 2009
Here are the top-10 most-requested books at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., for the week of Oct. 12 through Oct. 18.
The Edge
October 26, 2009
• ‘Her Fearful Symmetry’ (Books) • Lucero (Music) • ‘Drinking with George’ (Books)
A marriage shown dissolving like the Dickens
By Laurie Hertzel - Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
October 25, 2009
By the time Charles Dickens had grown tired of his wife, the couple had 10 children and Dickens was a rich and famous man.
Monster success: When life is in tumult, pop-cult goes undead
By John Timpane - The Philadelphia Inquirer
October 25, 2009
Pop culture is dripping, dripping, with the occult.
Poet’s Showcase: ‘Prelude’
By Beverly Boyd - Lawrence
October 25, 2009
Ostensibly with passion, a red leaf glows out of season.
Journal-World sponsoring contest for National Novel Writing Month
By Shaun Hittle
October 25, 2009
Always wanted to write a novel?
Author Max Lucado talks about his Christian writings
By Sue Nowicki - McClatchy Newspapers
October 24, 2009
Max Lucado is the Hans Christian Andersen of American pastors, a masterful storyteller. He has sold 65 million books over the past 25 years and is the only author to have won three Christian Book of the Year awards — for “Just Like Jesus,” “In the Grip of Grace” and “When God Whispers Your Name.”
Missionary Gracia Burnham to speak
Staff reports
October 21, 2009
A missionary who was held in captivity by a terrorist group in the Philippines for more than a year will speak Saturday in Douglas County.

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