by Alison Jones

Marquezapalooza

Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez has a lot to celebrate, reports the CBC. The author turns 80 today, and this year also marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of his classic novel One Hundred ... Read More »

March 6, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Foot in mouth disease

By Alison Jones

A post from The American Prospect reports on a verbal blunder made by one of the New York Times Book Review’s editors, Barry Gewen, at a lecture he gave recently. Gewen, who was introduced by ... Read More »

February 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Words from Guantanamo Bay

By Alison Jones

As reported in the Guardian, a collection of poems written by detainees at Guantanamo Bay will be published this August by the University of Iowa Press. Lawyer Marc Falkoff, who represents 17 people at the ... Read More »

February 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Read the writing on my back

By Alison Jones

Rather than provide free advertising by wearing clothing from corporations that can easily afford to buy marketing campaigns, why not encourage literacy by wearing what you read? The website Literary Rags produces literary themed t-shirts ... Read More »

February 23, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Online bookshelves keep expanding

By Alison Jones

Shelfari, which launched in October last year, is another website aimed at developing a book-sharing community. Similar to LibraryThing, which Quillblog previously discussed here, Shelfari allows members to put their personal libraries online. The platform ... Read More »

February 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Please, won't someone think of the children?

By Alison Jones

The latest news in book banning is courtesy of some U.S. school librarians who are refusing to carry the Newbery award-winning The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. The librarians are in a tizzy ... Read More »

February 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

One way to deal with writer's block

By Alison Jones

The website Authors' Blogs has created a space for professional and aspiring authors to share their struggles and triumphs by providing links to their blogs. According to the website’s guidelines, all the blogs must be ... Read More »

February 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

A room of one's own

By Alison Jones

In a special report, The Guardian takes a look at authors' writing rooms. The article includes photos of the rooms (which don't look like the authors prepared them to be photographed). The accompanying text is ... Read More »

February 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Writing reality TV

By Alison Jones

This past Sunday, Book Television started airing its reality series, 3-Day Novel Contest. Indigo and Book Television teamed up to produce the eight-part program, which follows 12 contestants as they live and write for the ... Read More »

February 7, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Judging a library by its book covers

By Alison Jones

There’s still a lot of love being felt for LibraryThing, an online way to snoop at people’s bookshelves. The website recently got a mention on Guardian writer Sam Jordison's blog and on Bookninja. On LibraryThing, ... Read More »

February 7, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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A room of one's own

Writing reality TV

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