by Nathan Whitlock

Event photos: Simon & Schuster’s Right vs. Left debate

Simon & Schuster Canada sponsored a “rambunctious” debate between Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, and Dr. Charles McVety of the Canada Family Action Coalition on Feb. ... Read More »

February 9, 2007 | Filed under: Events

PEN Canada’s wartime inventory

By Nathan Whitlock

An array of high-profile authors and musicians will gather at the Toronto Reference Library on the evening of Feb. 23 for a Freedom to Read event titled “Inventory: Writers Tracking War and Conflict,” sponsored by ... Read More »

February 9, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Resistance is futile

By Nathan Whitlock

Entertainment Weekly’s books editor, Tina Jordan, has been writing about the conundrum she faced when she discovered that her bright, bookish daughter was reading a trashy Gossip Girl novel. Discounting taking the book away as ... Read More »

February 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

J.K. Rowling slept here

By Nathan Whitlock

The BBC reports that author J.K. Rowling marked the completion of her last Harry Potter novel by scribbling on a decorative statue in a room at the posh Edinburgh Balmoral Hotel, where she had been ... Read More »

February 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Baio woof!

By Nathan Whitlock

Scott Baio – who played Chachi on Happy Days, Charles on Charles in Charge, and ... um, that's pretty much it, actually – is currently shopping around a tell-all memoir, BaioWatch: How I Dated and ... Read More »

January 29, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

R U reading this novel?

By Nathan Whitlock

The Globe and Mail ran a story this week on a new novel published in Finland that is entirely composed of cell phone text messages. The Last Messages tells the story of a fictitious executive ... Read More »

January 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Friday photo: Doull Books

By Nathan Whitlock

This unique bit of book sculpture is one of the attractions of the used bookstore John W. Doull, Bookseller in Halifax, or JWD's, as it is fondly known by Haligonians. Although it may look like ... Read More »

January 26, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

Supreme Court rules against Vancouver bookstore

By Nathan Whitlock

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government should not be required to provide advance funding to Vancouver’s Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium for its legal battle against Canada Customs, The ... Read More »

January 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Do you want sugar with that?

By Nathan Whitlock

An article in The New York Times’ books section points out that the second book chosen by Starbucks to feature in 6,000 of its U.S. coffee shops has much darker subject matter than the sentimental ... Read More »

January 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Politics and publicity

By Nathan Whitlock

The title of the website Angry in the Great White North: News and Opinion is a pretty good hint of what readers are in for, but a recent post by Steve Janke of the “Blogging ... Read More »

January 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Event photos: Simon & Schuster’s Right vs. Left debate

PEN Canada’s wartime inventory

Resistance is futile

J.K. Rowling slept here

Baio woof!

R U reading this novel?

Friday photo: Doull Books

Supreme Court rules against Vancouver bookstore

Do you want sugar with that?

Politics and publicity

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