Lovereading latest book news for September

Lovereading has announced its Mid-September 2012 update

Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James writing another erotic tale

E.L. James, author of the best-selling trilogy Fifty Shades, said on Monday that she hasn't ruled out writing a fourth book, but is focused on composing another erotic tale and also plans to write a paranormal romance - The Star

2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival (USA)

2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival - September 22-23, 2012 on the National Mall, Washington, DC, USA

Soon you'll be able to go to CVS and print a book

On Demand Books, the company behind the Espresso Book Machine, and Kodak are partnering to add print-on-demand technology to Kodak Picture Kiosks. That means consumers will be able to print paperback photo books, self-published books and the seven million backlist and public domain titles in On Demand's catalog from retail chains such as CVS. On Demand also announced a partnership with ReaderLink, which distributes books to grocery stores, drugstores, mass market and club stores, to make more titles available through the Kodak Picture Kiosks

London book and poetry events: 19-25 September

Book, poetry and spoken word events in London 19-25 September, 2012

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2012 longlist

The longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2012 was announced on Tuesday 18 September, the birthday of Samuel Johnson. The 14 titles on this year's longlist take readers around the world to countries including India, Russia and Spain, and span subjects as diverse as economics, feathers and nuclear power. The winner of the prize, the UK's leading non-fiction prize, will receive £20,000:

Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo (Portobello Books)
One on One, by Craig Brown (Fourth Estate)
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davis (The Bodley Head)
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin, by Masha Gessen (Granta Books)
Feathers, by Thor Hansen (Basic Books)
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman (Allen Lane)
The Old Ways, by Robert MacFarlane (Hamish Hamilton) Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Ray Monk (Jonathan Cape)
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genuis, by Sylvia Nasar (Fourth Estate)
Winter King, by Thomas Penn (Allen Lane)
The Better Angels of our Nature, by Steven Pinker (Allen Lane)
The Spanish Holocaust, by Paul Preston (HarperPress)
Strindberg A Life, by Sue Prideaux (Yale University Press)
Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie (Jonathan Cape)

Harvest Con: Gathering the field of Saskatchewan fantasy writers

Tired of hearing about fantasy conventions in faraway places you just can’t get to? Then check out Harvest Con where we will be gathering up the field of Saskatchewan fantasy writers, just in time for Halloween. Get up close and personal with a celebrity panel of local authors for readings, contests, games, discussions and general fantasy fun. Authors confirmed so far include Arthur Slade, Jefferson Smith, Edward Willett, Joanne Brothwell and Derryl Murphy. Admission is free and there will be prizes. Fantasy fans of all ages welcome. You won't want to miss it, because after this, winter is coming

2012 Wallace Stegner Prize

Make Straight in the Desert a Highway: Conflict in the Canyon Country by Jedediah S. Rogers has won the 2012 Wallace Stegner Prize, sponsored by the University of Utah Press and honoring the best book manuscript in environmental or Western history. The prize consists of $10,000 and publication of the book by the press

Downpour

Downpour - Offers audio books in different formats on various topics in the U.S.

John Moores Painting Prize won by Sarah Pickstone (UK)

Artist Sarah Pickstone has won the £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize for a work inspired by poet Stevie Smith