by Nathan Whitlock

MtvU names first poet laureate

MtvU, a branch of MTV that broadcasts on 750 U.S. college campuses, announced this week that it has chosen its first poet laureate, The New York Times reports. And while names such as Bob Dylan ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Residential school reading

By Nathan Whitlock

Monday was the deadline for former students of native residential schools to opt out of a $2-billion compensation package offered by the federal government for abuses they suffered while attending the schools. (Accepting compensation means ... Read More »

August 22, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

The English Patient visits England

By Nathan Whitlock

Michael Ondaatje will be the featured author on the BBC World Book Club's fifth anniversary show on Sept. 28, speaking about his novel The English Patient. Host Harriet Gilbert will interview Ondaatje at Canada House ... Read More »

August 22, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Threatened Bangladeshi author now faces charges

By Nathan Whitlock

Bangladeshi writer Talisma Nasrin, who had to be protected from physical attacks at her book launch in Hyderabad in south India last week, is now facing charges of inciting religious tensions, The Guardian reports. Nasrin, ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

By Nathan Whitlock

Yesterday's cabinet shuffle in Stephen Harper's government included moving Josee Verner into Bev Oda's position as minister of Canadian Heritage. Verner, who was first elected in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2006, was ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Metric singer publishes book of her father's writing

By Nathan Whitlock

This is a big week for Metric singer Emily Haines. She is releasing her second EP with the band Soft Skeleton, What is Free to a Good Home? as well as a book: a collection ... Read More »

July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Coupland's art takes cover

By Nathan Whitlock

Douglas Coupland is opening an art exhibit, aptly named The Penguins, in Toronto tomorrow, which features collages he has created with old covers of Penguin paperbacks. The show is the first of several he is ... Read More »

July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Could Austen find a publisher today?

By Nathan Whitlock

David Lassman, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, who has had difficulty finding a publisher for a novel he has written, wondered what kind of reception Austen's novels might get from publishers ... Read More »

July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Plant a tree

By Nathan Whitlock

If your environmental consciousness has been awakened to the point that you get an uneasy feeling as you sit in the shade of some grand tree reading a book printed on what you are now ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

U.S. sanctions stall preservation of Hemingway's home

By Nathan Whitlock

U.S. sanctions against Cuba are hindering efforts to restore Ernest Hemingway's home there, The Guardian reports. His Cuban estate, known as Finca Vigia (Lookout Farm), is already a museum that has been partially restored with ... Read More »

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

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MtvU names first poet laureate

Residential school reading

The English Patient visits England

Threatened Bangladeshi author now faces charges

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

Metric singer publishes book of her father's writing

Coupland's art takes cover

Could Austen find a publisher today?

Plant a tree

U.S. sanctions stall preservation of Hemingway's home

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