by Leigh Anne Williams

Toronto sings of itself

Attention Toronto poets: get set to celebrate (or lament) your city! The Torontoist is looking for new poems about Toronto, about Torontonians, or set in Toronto. Entries are due on March 15, and the winning ... Read More »

January 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The curse of Confederacy?

By Leigh Anne Williams

Slate's Peter Hyman looks at more than two decades' worth of attempts to bring John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces to the silver screen. The legendary comic novel was published in 1980, 11 years ... Read More »

December 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Revenge: the healing journey

By Leigh Anne Williams

Elvis Costello once said his work was mainly driven by "guilt and revenge." That apparently goes for Michael Crichton, too, if you replace "guilt" with "environmental catastrophe denial." As The New York Times reports, Crichton ... Read More »

December 14, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Dude's all like "vengeance is mine" and shit

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The New Yorker, Daniel Radosh looks at the business of Bible publishing, concentrating on the Nashville-based giant Thomas Nelson Publishers. Of particular interest to Radosh is the brand extension strategy -- keeping the Bible ... Read More »

December 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The books and magazines of Dave

By Leigh Anne Williams

Writer Joe Hagan looks at the growth of the McSweeney's empire from, not surprisingly, a business-centric perspective (Hagan's writing for Forbes). Which means that the piece is refreshingly free of the usual analysis (whether admiring ... Read More »

December 7, 2006

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Book Standard website, Bookslut's Jessa Crispin looks at one of the fond traditions of the holiday season -- publishers trying to sell us things we already have. She's referring to new deluxe editions ... Read More »

December 7, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling

All hail the information alchemists

By Leigh Anne Williams

This Is London reports on a British councillor, Alex Aiken, who has called on the library field to redefine itself. Mr. Aiken, a former policy director for the Tories, told a conference of the Public ... Read More »

December 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Judges wowed by bulging trousers

By Leigh Anne Williams

A literary prize presented by none other than Courtney Love? Ah, it can only be the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award. As AP writer Jill Lawless reports, this year's honour was taken by ... Read More »

November 30, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

New book for Roth, new owner for Houghton Mifflin

By Leigh Anne Williams

Approaching old age, Philip Roth continues to write at a busy pace. A squib in The New York Times reports that Roth is set to publish the ninth and final book featuring his longtime doppelganger, ... Read More »

November 30, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Portage and Main, 15 below

By Leigh Anne Williams

The website The Danforth Review offers a kind of primer on the Winnipeg literary scene, quickly touching on the various authors who've sprung from the 'Peg over the years, local booksellers, publishers and literary mags, ... Read More »

November 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Toronto sings of itself

The curse of Confederacy?

Revenge: the healing journey

Dude's all like "vengeance is mine" and shit

The books and magazines of Dave

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

All hail the information alchemists

Judges wowed by bulging trousers

New book for Roth, new owner for Houghton Mifflin

Portage and Main, 15 below

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