The cancellation of Imprint continues to generate online commentary. The latest is a piece on the Dooney's Cafe website by Gordon Lockheed. He's suspicious of TVO's stated rationale for axing Imprint, but like some other ... Read More »
CBC Arts looks back at the University of British Columbia's creative writing program on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. There is, of course, a strong emphasis on the commercial glory days of the late ... Read More »
March 17, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
Online commentator Alex Good ponders the death of Imprint in a comment piece on his website, Good Reports. Good does mourn the show's passing, but also throws out some reasons why books and television simply ... Read More »
Another Canadian-authored book with a retooled foreign title got some notice this weekend. Pauline Holdstock's Giller-nominated novel Beyond Measure (Cormorant Books) was featured in the New York Times Book Review, where reviewer Suzy Hansen argues ... Read More »
March 7, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
Jessica Warner's The Incendiary, a look at a would-be terrorist in 1770s Britain, comes in for a glowing review in the U.K.'s The Guardian. Reviewer Ian Pindar writes that "Somehow Warner has turned this utterly ... Read More »
March 7, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
Three weeks, 16 books, and 15 judges later, the Morning News' Tournament of Books -- the U.S. website's month-long playoff-style competition between 2004 novels -- has picked a winner. And it's none other than David ... Read More »
February 28, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
The Toronto Star checks in on McNally Robinson New York, and finds that manager Sarah McNally is displaying such books as Annabel Lyon's The Best Thing for You and Richard B. Wright's Clara Callan, and ... Read More »
February 28, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news
Writer Matthew Firth offers an on-the-ground view of Ottawa's alternative book publishing scene in Ottawa's XPress. "Mercutio Press, Hand Maiden Press, Sorrowland Press might not roll as freely off the tongue as HarperCollins but they're ... Read More »
February 21, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
Harelquin's recent financial slump -- revenue fell almost 10% in the first nine months of 2004 -- continues to draw the attention of the business press. A Globe and Mail story reports on the romance ... Read More »
February 21, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
Sex in Canadian fiction is the angle of Peter Darbyshire's review of Stephen Marche's Raymond and Hannah on the CBC Arts website. In CanLit, Darbyshire laments, "sex is rarely a pleasurable event. Instead, it is ... Read More »
February 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
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