by Alison Potstra

Level 26: CSI creator’s new “digi-novel”

As if creating the CSI juggernaut wasn't enough, Anthony Zuiker has now cooked up the concept for the first "digi-novel," an innovative blend of novel, movie, and interactive website. The blood-and-guts-soaked murder mystery Level 26: Dark Origins, ... Read More »

October 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's HarperCollins editor has a double life, The Daily Beast reports. He also helped work on the satirical title published during Palin's VP run, Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Just ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Four magazines die, a classic threatened (again), and the two-timing ways of Archie Andrews

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: The foodie bride's lament: Condé Nast-owned magazines Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride, and Modern Bride all cease publication More book banning madness: Toronto parent wants Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Self Publishing 2.0

By Alison Potstra

Who needs agents or publishers to market your novel when you can do it all yourself? Canadian author and book designer Andrew Smith, whose previous works have been published by Ten Speed Press and McClelland ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

2018: the year of total digital takeover?

By Alison Potstra

The end is nigh ... In a survey of 840 international industry experts conducted by the Frankfurt Book Fair, nearly half said that by 2018, digital sales will overtake those of conventionally published books. According ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Eighty-foot flying furry dragon to help Toronto indie bookstores

By Alison Potstra

Written on the pages is the answer to our neverending story ... With the closing of Pages Bookstore, Ballenford Books, the Danforth location of TYPE Books, and David Mirvish Books, it would seem as though ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling tweets, Dr. Seuss raps, and Charles Dickens fights pirates

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: Douglas Coupland really wants you to name his new Toronto park, and Scott Feschuk wants you to name his dog J.K. Rowling is now on Twitter, The Huffington Post reports, ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Memoirs of a Hockey Mom: or, how Sarah Palin penned a memoir in a real hurry

By Alison Potstra

Just in time for Christmas the upcoming holiday shopping season, one of the most baffling interesting figures in American politics has penned a tell-all memoir, the L.A. Times reports. Ex-governor Sarah Palin's 400-page tome, titled Going Rogue: An ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of Swinging Suicides

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: In honour of Leonard Cohen's 75th birthday yesterday, 1 Heck of a Guy comes up with an incomplete list of Cohen's many nicknames. Quillblog favourites: #22: Master of the ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

By Alison Potstra

In the Sept. 12 edition of the Financial Times, British critic and novelist Victoria Glendinning, who sits on this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize jury (which announced its longlist yesterday), generously shared her thoughts on Canadian literature. Following ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Level 26: CSI creator’s new “digi-novel”

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

Bookmarks: Four magazines die, a classic threatened (again), and the two-timing ways of Archie Andrews

Self Publishing 2.0

2018: the year of total digital takeover?

Eighty-foot flying furry dragon to help Toronto indie bookstores

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling tweets, Dr. Seuss raps, and Charles Dickens fights pirates

Memoirs of a Hockey Mom: or, how Sarah Palin penned a memoir in a real hurry

Bookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of Swinging Suicides

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

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