by Nathan Whitlock

Burning books for bilingualism

From CBC.ca: A surge of bilingualism in Quebec has one of the province's most popular writers threatening to burn his entire body of work if something isn't done to stop it. Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, the author ... Read More »

February 28, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Canada Reads kicks off

By Nathan Whitlock

This year's edition of Canada Reads kicks off today with new host Jian Ghomeshi. By the end of the day, one of the five books in contention will be voted off the list “ will ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The tale of the ghostly bookseller

By Nathan Whitlock

Over at UFO Digest, a site dedicated to the paranormal, extraterrestrial, and the hypermundane (oh wait “ that last one's our beat), there is a first-person account of a woman and her mother being helped ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookmarks (bad news edition): Fiction is in trouble, booksellers flee Paris, and the Bush library is under construction

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: George Steiner says narrative fiction's days are numbered (The Guardian) Parisian booksellers leave city for picturesque town “ there's a charming and quirky romantic comedy just waiting to be written here (Deutsche ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

No more bubble envelopes

By Nathan Whitlock

New books are not particularly fragile. Everyone knows that. In fact, that's one of the big reasons why paper-and-ink texts are still preferred by such a wide margin over breakable, expensive-to-replace e-books and e-readers. So ... Read More »

February 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Alain Robbe-Grillet is dead, product placement in kids’ books is controversial, and Hollywood often screws authors out of money

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Alain Robbe-Grillet, dead at 85 (Literary Saloon) Two views on product placement in kids' books (The New York Times) Authors often get screwed by Hollywood (Los Angeles Times) Profile of David Poindexter ... Read More »

February 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: closing libraries, rewarding booksellers, and filming Chabon

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related (but not Valentine's Day-themed, alas) links: Victoria library locks out workers, shuts down all branches (Victoria Times Colonist) California bookseller gets $500k MacArthur grant (MSNBC) The Coen Brothers to filmify Michael Chabon's The ... Read More »

February 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Russell Smith, the not-so-reluctant pornographer

By Nathan Whitlock

Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new book from author, Globe and Mail columnist, and self-appointed fashion pundit Russell Smith. Diana, published by Biblioasis Press, is an erotic novella in diary form. Actually, ... Read More »

February 14, 2008

Free as in beer and books

By Nathan Whitlock

Now that the crisis over parity and pricing has eased somewhat “ at least for the moment “ we can again turn our attention to a more pressing issue in books: how can we get ... Read More »

February 11, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Fiction-writing high school student not expelled, but not back in school

By Nathan Whitlock

Brendan Jones, the Ontario high school student who was threatened with expulsion after writing a violent-themed story as part of a test, has posted a comment on the original Quillblog post about this story to ... Read More »

February 11, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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Burning books for bilingualism

Canada Reads kicks off

The tale of the ghostly bookseller

Bookmarks (bad news edition): Fiction is in trouble, booksellers flee Paris, and the Bush library is under construction

No more bubble envelopes

Bookmarks: Alain Robbe-Grillet is dead, product placement in kids’ books is controversial, and Hollywood often screws authors out of money

Bookmarks: closing libraries, rewarding booksellers, and filming Chabon

Russell Smith, the not-so-reluctant pornographer

Free as in beer and books

Fiction-writing high school student not expelled, but not back in school

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