Ron Charles

David Guterson Wins 2011 Bad Sex in Literature Award - Posted December 6, 2011
David Guterson has won the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Literature Award for his novel, Ed King. The shortlist ... [GalleyCat]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 2, 2011
Quotes of the Day All in a day's work "Haven't gotten out of my bathrobe, but working the phones, talking to sources, making shit happen." -- Labor journo Mike Elk. Editor falls prey to office t... [FishbowlDC]

Ron Charles: 'I Am Not a Witch ... I Am a Book Critic' - Posted August 16, 2011
Washington Post fiction editor Ron Charles' dressed in drag to record a parody video this week (embedded above), confessing: 'I am not a witch. I'm nothing you've heard. I am a book critic." The video poked fun at a campaign video from former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. In her ... [GalleyCat]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted July 25, 2011
Quotes of the Day Weigelicious observation: "Huh. Some caption writer screwed up the name of 'You Know I'm No Good.'" -- Slate's Dave Weigel in a Monday... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted May 31, 2011
QUOTES of the LONG WEEKEND Part I Meet Gennette Nicole Cordova: The now infamous 21-year-old college student from Seattle who received the tight underwear shot from Rep. Anthony Weiner... [FishbowlDC]

Karl Lagerfeld to Develop 'Paper Passion' Fragrance - Posted April 22, 2011
While your eReader can't replicate the tactile feeling of paper pages, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld can help it smell like print. In a story straight out of an episode of Ron Charle... [GalleyCat]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted March 21, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY D.C. journos chime in on Libya bombings "Fuck. Another war." - Washington Examiner's Tim Carney. "Massive anti-war protests against Obama in 3,2, never." - Slate... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted March 8, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY From the frozen food isle: Pizza and Cookies. Two of WaPo's Ezra Klein's favorite foods all in one box. ... [FishbowlDC]

WaPo Computers Lose Power - Posted February 7, 2011
This just in...WaPo reporter Dan Zak announces that computers are down. @MrDanZak: "Computers just lost power in the newsroom. Everyone's standing up, actually talking to each other now. Lunch!" WaPo Federal Eye blogger Ed O'Keefe also commenting on the outage: "A power outage is impacting parts of our newsroom.... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted January 31, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY Hands-down favorite weekend observation "Why do I get the feeling this guy is actually kind of a loser?" -- NJ's Susan Davis in a weekend tweet, with the accompanying photograph, above. ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted January 20, 2011
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Washington Post to Expand Sunday Edition & Increase Book Coverage - Posted January 19, 2011
The Washington Post will increase its Sunday edition paper by creating separate Arts and Sunday Style sections. Beginning with the January 23rd issue, book coverage will play a larger role in the modified Sunday edition. According to Yahoo! Finance, ... [GalleyCat]

Armchair / Shotgun Speaks With WaPo Book Critic Ron Charles About Journalism, Nitrate-Rich Meat Products - Posted December 13, 2010
Our friends at Armchair / Shotgun were recently deemed hip enough to spend some time with the Washington Post's literary critic, creator ... [FishbowlNY]

The Totally Hip Book Reviewer's Gift Guide - Posted December 9, 2010
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Quotes of the Day - Posted November 15, 2010
Travel report Amy Argetsinger is in Rome. But don't rob my apartment, okay? -- WaPo's Reliable Source writer Amy Argetsinger in a weekend Facebook update. Unpleasant travel memories... [FishbowlDC]

Ron Charles Reviews 5 Fiction Books in 5 Minutes - Posted November 10, 2010
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Posties 'Going Nuts' Over Woodward iPad App - Posted November 9, 2010
Trending on Twitter in D.C. right now: WaPo's V.P. At-Large Ben Bradlee and veteran reporter Bob Woodward. How come? Set to jazzy music, Woodward, in a new nifty video, learns the ins and outs of the WaPo's new iPad app as he taps away on an electric typewriter. As he... [FishbowlDC]

Howard Jacobson Analyzed by Book Critics After Booker Win - Posted October 13, 2010
Yesterday critics from around the Internet weighed in on author ... [GalleyCat]

Taylor Lautner Cameo in Ron Charles' Video Book Review - Posted October 6, 2010
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Reviewing Novel Reviews: Bright Lights, Big Review - Posted January 27, 2010
As we continue our first week here at GalleyCat Reviews, here ... [GalleyCat]

Washington Post Mounts Books Experiment with Amazon - Posted November 25, 2009
The Washington Post's business development unit just unveiled a new experiment--allowing readers to purchase books mentioned in the paper's book coverage via Amazon.com's (AMZN) Amazon Associates program. Book links on the site will go to a new Post store, where the pape... [GalleyCat]

Washington Post Book World Podcast Needs Subscribers - Posted November 12, 2009
In an email interview with Washington City Paper, Washington Post Book World fiction editor Ron Charles worried about the subscriber rate for the site's podcas... [GalleyCat]

Bonnie Jo Campbell Rocks the Twittersphere - Posted October 14, 2009
Out of all the National Book Award fiction finalists announced today, one writer had the Twittersphere buzzing--Bonnie Jo Campbell's nomination for "... [GalleyCat]

Ron Charles Named Dep. Editor of Book World - Posted April 15, 2009
The WaPo memo below: I am delighted to announce that Ron Charles will be the new deputy editor of Book World. Ron has been the fiction editor for the Washington Post since 2005, when he was lured away from the Christian Science Monitor where he had been books editor for seven years. Since... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.24.09 - Posted March 24, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 64 covering the Obama administration and ... [FishbowlDC]

HP-5: Publishing-centric Roundup - Posted July 16, 2007
Bloomsbury defends Potter pricing. [Telegraph] Meet Christopher Little, probably the richest agent in publishing as a result of Harry Potter. [Observer] The cost of... [GalleyCat]