by Nathan Whitlock

Giller shortlist sales statistics

According to just-released statistics from BookNet Canada, the shortlist announcement for the Scotiabank Giller Prize sparked a sales spike that averaged a 388% increase in weekly sales for the listed titles. In the week ending ... Read More »

October 19, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Industry news

The really real Raymond Carver stories?

By Nathan Whitlock

There's a battle brewing over a plan by Raymond Carver's widow to publish a book of 17 Carver stories, The New York Times reports. Tess Gallager wants to publish the stories from Carver’s breakout 1981 ... Read More »

October 18, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The bestselling anti-mother

By Nathan Whitlock

France has discovered an unlikely bestseller. Corinne Maier, a psychiatrist and mother of two children aged 13 and 10, has written a book about why she regrets having children and warning other women away from ... Read More »

October 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Ottawa bookseller offers U.S. price

By Nathan Whitlock

Christopher Smith, co-owner of Collected Works bookstore in Ottawa, says pressure from consumers unhappy with the gap between U.S. and Canadian prices on books has spurred the store to sell dual-priced books for the U.S. ... Read More »

October 17, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Anne Enright's tale of grief wins the Man Booker

By Nathan Whitlock

Irish writer Anne Enright is the surprise winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for her novel The Gathering, beating out bookie favorites Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach and Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip, The Guardian ... Read More »

October 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Lost in translation

By Nathan Whitlock

Author Nancy Huston, who was born in Calgary but has lived in Paris for more than 30 years, says in an interview on The Tyee that she thinks hope for humanity lies in translation. "I ... Read More »

October 10, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Hyphen cutbacks

By Nathan Whitlock

While rumours of its demise may be exaggerated or at least premature, about 16,000 hyphens have been eliminated in the new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, a scaled-down version of the 20-volume OED, ... Read More »

October 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Conrad Black: he haunts us still

By Nathan Whitlock

Former media baron and author Conrad Black has not been allowed to return to Canada following his conviction on fraud and obstruction of justice charges in the U.S., but he is finding other ways to ... Read More »

October 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Ottawa podcasters talk kidlit

By Nathan Whitlock

Quillblog plays social convener today by introducing our book-loving readers to some book-loving podcasters with whom you may not be acquainted. Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast created by an Ottawa couple, Andrea ... Read More »

October 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The making of a political novel

By Nathan Whitlock

An article in The Guardian describes how Indra Sinha, author of the Man Booker-shortlisted novel Animal's People, came to write the novel, which is based on the experience of the people in Bhopal, India, where ... Read More »

September 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

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Giller shortlist sales statistics

The really real Raymond Carver stories?

The bestselling anti-mother

Ottawa bookseller offers U.S. price

Anne Enright's tale of grief wins the Man Booker

Lost in translation

Hyphen cutbacks

Conrad Black: he haunts us still

Ottawa podcasters talk kidlit

The making of a political novel

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