by Leigh Anne Williams

Taking the pulse of online fiction

The online litmag The Danforth Review has a long look at the boom in online short fiction. TDR's Corin Cummings conducts brief interviews with the editors of a handful of websites -- from Pindeldyboz's Shauna ... Read More »

November 8, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Talking CanLit sex in Vancouver

By Leigh Anne Williams

With another Vancouver International Writers Festival come and gone, The Georgia Straight runs down the highlights of the various readings, interviews, and panel discussions. For example, at a CBC Radio panel, fiction writer Natalee Caple ... Read More »

November 8, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Martel's next move

By Leigh Anne Williams

Two years after conquering the Man Booker Prize and the Canadian retail market, Life of Pi author Yann Martel is set to unveil a follow-up. Not fiction, mind you -- Martel has now tried his ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Dawn of the machines (in the library stacks)

By Leigh Anne Williams

The robots are coming! The online B.C. magazine The Tyee reports on the University of British Columbia library's plan to launch "a new storage system that uses robotic cranes to fetch books." Once the system's ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Munro speaks

By Leigh Anne Williams

CanLit giant Alice Munro is pretty reclusive these days, but on the occasion of her new book, Runaway, New York Times Magazine writer Daphne Merkin tracked the author down on her home turf in southwestern ... Read More »

October 25, 2004 | Filed under: Uncategorized

In fear of the cultural department store

By Leigh Anne Williams

Heather Reisman's comments at that Indigo annual general meeting a few weeks back continue to reverberate in the books community; now the Dooney's Café website has posted some belated reaction. Dooney's writer Gordon Lockheed argues ... Read More »

October 25, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Some American award griping

By Leigh Anne Williams

The announcement of the National Book Award nominees in the U.S. has already prompted much "and you are…?" head-scratching. Now, prize-spotters have moved from confusion to anger, documented in this New York Times story. Absent ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Awards

Berton's got the munchies

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's probably safe to say that few readers of august CanLit legend Pierre Berton have ever imagined him giggling away while watching The Wizard of Oz and simultaneously listening to Dark Side of the Moon. ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

In search of the city

By Leigh Anne Williams

In his Geist column, author and literary critic Stephen Henighan laments the fact that CanLit has largely turned itself away from the subject of city life. Citing the growing importance of film as well as ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The Coach House standoff continues

By Leigh Anne Williams

Toronto's free weekly Now has some more back and forth on the Coach House Books situation, this time in the form of a piece by Jeremy Murray, a resident of Campus Co-operative Residences. (Some background: ... Read More »

October 4, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

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Taking the pulse of online fiction

Talking CanLit sex in Vancouver

Martel's next move

Dawn of the machines (in the library stacks)

Munro speaks

In fear of the cultural department store

Some American award griping

Berton's got the munchies

In search of the city

The Coach House standoff continues

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