by Leigh Anne Williams

World may not be totally nuts after all

Update: an Ontario Catholic school board has restored David Guterson's novel Snow Falling on Cedars to its library shelves, after considering one parent's complaint about "bad language." Craig MacBride in The Mississauga News has the ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Bethune on Roberts

By Leigh Anne Williams

Maclean's books columnist Brian Bethune has posted a blog entry on the Paul William Roberts plagiarism controversy. (Quick recap: a few passages in Roberts' book A War Against Truth were found to have been lifted ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Penney keeps on winning

By Leigh Anne Williams

Scottish novelist Stef Penney has won the Costa book of the year prize for her Canada-set historical novel The Tenderness of Wolves (published here by Penguin Canada and reviewed by Q&Q here). Penney had already ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Great moments in Canadian publishing

By Leigh Anne Williams

A little-known Canadian publisher has made news by announcing that it, ah, might be interested in publishing the confessional O.J. Simpson book that HarperCollins canned last fall. The company in question is the entertainment firm ... Read More »

February 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Friday photo: Shelf Portrait

By Leigh Anne Williams

Last month, Toronto artist Robin Pacific put together "Shelf Portrait," an art installation/book giveaway: Pacific hung out her entire book collection clothesline-style and invited attendees to walk off with the titles that struck their fancy ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

The advent of WikiLit

By Leigh Anne Williams

The ghost of Roland Barthes must be happy these days, as we move just a little closer to his wished-for "death of the author." As The Guardian reports, publisher Penguin is teaming up with De ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

By Leigh Anne Williams

Let the media frenzy and the court injunctions begin: the publication date for the seventh and final Harry Potter novel has been announced. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will hit bookstore shelves worldwide – ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Message on a napkin

By Leigh Anne Williams

Esquire has commissioned a collection of very short stories – short enough to fit on a cocktail napkin, to be precise. For "The Esquire Napkin Project," the magazine mailed blank napkins to dozens of writers, ... Read More »

January 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Bad books for boys

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Guardian site, Tom Kelly looks at the resurgence of adventure yarns for boys, and he doesn't like what he sees. "It has the hazy glow of nostalgia for a simpler world," he says ... Read More »

January 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

He's back: Stevenson returns to Canada

By Leigh Anne Williams

Larry Stevenson is back in Toronto, and Globe and Mail business reporter Gordon Pitts has a Q&A with the Chapters founder. After losing Chapters to Indigo in a hostile takeover, Stevenson reportedly studied at the ... Read More »

January 22, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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World may not be totally nuts after all

Bethune on Roberts

Penney keeps on winning

Great moments in Canadian publishing

Friday photo: Shelf Portrait

The advent of WikiLit

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

Message on a napkin

Bad books for boys

He's back: Stevenson returns to Canada

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