Beowulf Read-Aloud Marathon Marks 50th Year at Cal
Berkeley hosts a Beowulf read-aloud gathering celebrating its half century with students and professors reading in old English, amid playful nostalgia for 1960s style. The event features lively, nontraditional readings and quirky props as readers recount Beowulf’s heroism and final duel with a dragon.
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May crime spree at the Ottawa Library sparks a tangled mystery
A mixed bag of thrillers unfolds from May reads. Lauren Henderson’s Chained follows Sam Jones double life and possible activist kidnappings. Kyle Mills’s Burn Factor centers on FBI programmer Quinn Barry unraveling a killer plot. Iris Johansen’s Body of Lies features Eve Duncan drawn into a dangerous Louisiana case. Peter Robinson’s Gallows View introduces Inspector Banks amid burglaries and a chilling village crime.
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Potter Fans Face Delayed Release Until 2003
London AP reports that J K Rowling may not finish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by year end. A spokeswoman says publication could be 2003, with Bloomsbury still hopeful a late 2002 release remains possible if a manuscript is finished.
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Harry Potter
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Order of the Phoenix
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