by Leigh Anne Williams

The sounds of silence

The New York Times has a very fun piece (yes, that was New York Times, and yes, that was "very fun") about the struggles audiobook publishers face when trying to capture typographical quirks in audio ... Read More »

January 20, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Colour my bookshelf (absolutely not about James Frey)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Ever walked into a bookstore and noticed that one of the employees was getting cute with the endcaps -- devoting one of them entirely to yellow-covered titles, for instance? In the fall of 2004, San ... Read More »

January 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Atwood on the eve of the election

By Leigh Anne Williams

Margaret Atwood sat down with a CP reporter recently, ostensibly to promote her new collection, The Tent. But the main subject of discussion seemed to be next week's federal election. Though she won't reveal her ... Read More »

January 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The view from Canada on classic short stories

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's a parade of Chekhov, Carver, Joyce, and, of course, Alice Munro over at The Danforth Review. The literary website has asked 27 Canadian writers to craft a "Short Story 101" syllabus: "TDR asked 27 ... Read More »

January 12, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

When James met Larry

By Leigh Anne Williams

Frey Week continues here on In Other Media. Today, we spotlight the transcript of the embattled author's appearance on Larry King Live last night. In defending his memoir A Million Little Pieces against charges that ... Read More »

January 12, 2006

It was a very so-so year

By Leigh Anne Williams

Ontario litblogger Alex Good has posted a year-end essay surveying the state of the book world in 2005, and he's mostly disappointed. "I think this was the year that saw the passing of an establishment," ... Read More »

January 5, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Marche on Layton

By Leigh Anne Williams

Among today's Irving Layton coverage is an unsentimental piece on the CBC Arts website by Raymond and Hannah author Stephen Marche. Marche clearly admires Layton's talent for living large and mythologizing himself: "In a country ... Read More »

January 5, 2006

In praise of Bowering

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Dooney's Café website has posted two selections from a recent Festschrift (or collection of tribute essays) put together for George Bowering. Jamie Reid contributes a poetic meditation about Bowering's well-known love for baseball, while ... Read More »

December 12, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Vanity Fair comes to town

By Leigh Anne Williams

Vanity Fair's promised survey of the Toronto literary scene has materialized on the magazine's website. VF writer Anderson Tepper hit the International Festival of Authors at Toronto's Harbourfront in October, inspired by an earlier visit ... Read More »

December 12, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Winners and losers in the American publishing sweepstakes

By Leigh Anne Williams

New York Times publishing reporter Edward Wyatt has used some BookScan data to identify over- and underachievers among the 2005 crop of American book releases. Doing well is Joan Didion, whose The Year of Magical ... Read More »

December 8, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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The sounds of silence

Colour my bookshelf (absolutely not about James Frey)

Atwood on the eve of the election

The view from Canada on classic short stories

When James met Larry

It was a very so-so year

Marche on Layton

In praise of Bowering

Vanity Fair comes to town

Winners and losers in the American publishing sweepstakes

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