The PW Morning Report, October 24, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 10/24/2008 5:42:00 AM

Friday, October 24, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Alan Bennett Donates Papers to Oxford University; Yaddo on Display at the NYPL; Annie Proulx Quits Wyoming; NYPL Renovation; and Sarah Palin, Intellectual?

Alan Bennett Donates Papers to Oxford University, reports The Guardian
Playwright-screenwriter Bennett, author of The Madness of George III, donates his entire archives to the Bodleian Library at Oxford

Yaddo on Display at the NYPL, reports New York Times
The Saratoga Springs, N.Y. writer’s retreat has an exhibition of its own, "Yaddo: Making American Culture," opening today at the New York Public Library

Annie Proulx Quits Wyoming, reports Los Angeles Times
Unlike her heroes in Brokeback Mountain, Proulx knows when to quit Wyoming when the quiting’s good

British Architect Selected for Major Renovation of the New York Public Library, reports New York Times
Norman Foster, known for inserting contemporary designs into historic buildings, has been chosen to work on the historic 1911 NYPL on 42 Street

Sarah Palin a "Voracious" Reader, claims People
And when asked "Do you consider yourself an intellectual?" the replay was "Yessss." Marv Albert couldn’t have done it better