Contents of other sections:

NEWS

REVIEWS


FEATURES:

Crime fiction: the once-neglected genre of fifties Americana Noir fiction has now penetrated the mainstream, writes crime fiction junky Nick Kimberley.

LIS books: Helen Carley explains how to get your LIS book published.



Chris Smith interview: the Secretary of State tells Don Watson about libraries' role in his life, in education and in our digital age.



Reference books: the book isn't dead, large-scale reference works continue to proliferate. Charles Toase takes a tour of the hefty volumes.



Millennium books: Life, a User's Manual. Carole Morin looks at how highbrows and lowbrows are all looking for the meaning of life in these pre-millennial days.


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