by Nathan Whitlock

Judith Regan sues News Corp.

Judith Regan, former president of HarperCollins' ReganBooks division who was fired last year following her controversial plan to publish O.J. Simpson's If I Did It, is suing HarperCollins' parent company, News Corp., for $100 million ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Kindersley school reverses ban on book

By Nathan Whitlock

According to a release from Sono Nis Press, author Nikki Tate was relieved to learn that Elizabeth School in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, which had previously banned her children's book Trouble on Tarragon Island, has reversed its ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Have your say: day jobs for authors

By Nathan Whitlock

Q&Q is doing some informal research on the best day jobs for authors. What jobs provide the most flexible schedules to accommodate creative writing? What jobs provide the best raw material or inspiration for fiction? ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The perils of politicians publishing poetry

By Nathan Whitlock

The Guardian's Stuart Jeffries has nothing good to say about British MP Boris Johnson's debut book of poetry The Perils of the Pushy Parents (HarperCollins), but in the book's defence, it could be said that ... Read More »

November 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

How much is that author in the window?

By Nathan Whitlock

One advantage of being a musician-turned-author is that when you launch your book, you can turn back into a musician to gather and entertain a crowd. That's what Dave Bidini will be doing in the ... Read More »

November 9, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The Scotiabank Giller Light bash

By Nathan Whitlock

CanLit fans and publishing types who are not attending the Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony will have two other opportunities to get together, eat, drink, and merrily debate which book should win. The Scotiabank Giller Light ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Sins of omission

By Nathan Whitlock

One of Slate's features for its fall fiction week is a reprise of a "gravest literary omissions" survey it conducted a few years ago – critics' confessions of the most important books they had never ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The Pull of Pullman

By Nathan Whitlock

English writer Philip Pullman kicked off the Particles of Narrative children's literature symposium on Friday by speaking to an audience of about 400 in the University of Toronto's Earth Sciences auditorium. The audience was a ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Jailhouse library shelved

By Nathan Whitlock

Joe Fiorito writes in The Toronto Star about a maddening situation at Toronto's Don Jail. For years, Darlene Soares volunteered her time to work as a librarian at the jail – soliciting donations of books, ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Finance minister makes a pricing example of Harry Potter

By Nathan Whitlock

The publishing industry is once again the unhappy poster child for the difference between U.S. and Canadian retail prices, but this time the complaint is coming not from consumers or booksellers but from federal Finance ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Judith Regan sues News Corp.

Kindersley school reverses ban on book

Have your say: day jobs for authors

The perils of politicians publishing poetry

How much is that author in the window?

The Scotiabank Giller Light bash

Sins of omission

The Pull of Pullman

Jailhouse library shelved

Finance minister makes a pricing example of Harry Potter

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