Turkish author Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for literature. Last year, about this time, James and I were returning from Turkey. I had read in all my guidebooks about Orhan Pamuk and at Christmas time we bought a copy of his book Istanbul in McNally Robinson. I still haven’t had a chance to read it, but now that the Nobel Prize for his writing has renewed the controversy of whether he did or did not “insult Turkishness” with his works, it’s definitely a SoMisguided reading pick.
In other book news, I’m in Calgary for Wordfest: the Calgary/Banff International Writers Festival. I’m on a panel tomorrow talking about where the internet publishing revolution is taking us. My answer is towards an online environment that is more participatory, has a higher level of engagement than present, and is more viral. I know most of you have caught the Google bug, some of you have the YouTube bug, and others are trying to get inoculated against MySpace. [I have a great link to a MySpace rant on why the author is not blogging, especially on MySpace. Sadly I can’t find the link. Perhaps Dan has it?]
Now I must go play LEGO StarWars on my new Nintendo DS. It’s hard being a technology enthusiast. So many fun toys, so little time.