The book is not dead

Indeed, according to Nobel Laureate JMG le Clézio:

…the book, despite its old-fashioned appearance, remains the best tool for disseminating information to the furthest corners of the planet.

“It is practical, easy to handle, economical,” he said. “It does not require any particular technological prowess, and keeps well in any climate.”

The winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature was giving his acceptance speech at the Swedish Academy.

[Note: Technical difficulties have prevented the usual number of postings to the FF blog in recent days - resolved now, we hope.]

This entry was posted on December 13, 2008 at 11:08 am and is filed under authors, awards, literacy, opinion. Tagged: . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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2 Responses to “The book is not dead”

  1.   Jean Says:
    December 13th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Glad to know your technical glitches are over. Looking forward to keeping up to date with all things to do with YA literature via your blog ;)

  2.   judij Says:
    December 13th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    Thanks, Jean. It’s been a frustrating time and we have missed some news, unfortunately, but back on track now. Judi

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