Articles Tagged with #tournamentofbooks
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The Rooster
Rooster Shirts, Judges, and Brackets, Oh My!
The Fifth Annual Tournament of Books is preparing to launch in a few weeks. Here are this year’s brackets for your office-gambling pleasure, as well as information about the 2009 judges and our brand new Rooster tees.
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The Rooster
The 2009 Tournament of Books
We interrupt our regular publishing schedule to bring you news of one feisty Rooster. Enjoying its fifth year, the 2009 Tournament of Books is coming soon, and we’ve got the nominees to prove it.
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The Rooster
Judges for the 2008 Tournament of Books
We interrupt our normal publishing schedule to bring you further news of the following sponsored event: The 2008 Tournament of Books is just one week away, and we’ve got some judges we’d like you to meet.
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The Rooster
The 2008 Tournament of Books
We interrupt our normal publishing schedule to bring you news of the following sponsored event: Now in its fourth installation, the 2008 Tournament of Books is coming soon, and we’ve got the nominee list to prove it.
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The Rooster
The 2007 ToB Brackets and Book Bloggers’ Office Pool Contest
The 2007 Tournament of Books will begin this Thursday, but before then we have the brackets, the judges, and a contest for a lucky reader to win every book involved in this year’s bloodshed, courtesy of Powells.com.
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The Rooster
Announcing TMN’s 2007 Tournament of Books
Ladies and gentlemen, book nerds and illiterates, here are this year’s candidates for the Rooster Award in the 2007 Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powells.com—and we need your help in setting up the brackets.
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Birnbaum v.
David Mitchell
Author and 2005 Rooster winner David Mitchell talks about his new novel, Black Swan Green, the appeal of Bill Evans, and the differences between sex and writing.
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The Rooster
The Seven Veils of Self-Importance
The bets are in, the brackets are filled out, and the judges have sharpened their knives. Welcome to the 2006 Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powells.com.
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Birnbaum v.
Kevin Guilfoile
Do genre writers have more fun than plain old novelists? Is it possible to embed philosophical thought in a thriller? For an all-around TMN smorgasbord, our brain in Boston chats with Contributing Writer Kevin Guilfoile about his new novel.
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The Rooster
The First Annual TMN Tournament of Books: Final Round!
Humiliating upsets, stunning defeats, the ever-surprising longevity of Tom Wolfe—it has all come down to this: the last match of the First Annual TMN Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powells.com.
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The Rooster
Announcing the First Annual TMN Tournament of Books
Place your bets! Thumb your books! It’s time for literature to quit its prissy posturing and get pummeled! Introducing The First Annual TMN Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powells.com.
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The Rooster
The First Annual TMN Tournament of Books
Too often are literary awards arbitrary, dull, or meaningless. Too rarely are they determined by an NCAA-style Battle Royale of bloodthirsty competition. It’s time for a change. Announcing the First Annual TMN Tournament of Books—complete with downloadable brackets poster!—sponsored by Powells.com.