by Scott MacDonald

Litbloggers weigh in on Giller picks

A brief survey of responses to yesterday's Giller shortlist announcement: Bookninja argues that Marina Endicott's Good to a Fault got the nod by advertising on Bookninja.com Oddsmaker Pinnacle Sports places the smart money on Rawi ... Read More »

October 8, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Nobel jury head slams U.S. authors

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Guardian, Nobel jury head Horace Engdahl has got a bit of a hate-on for U.S. authors, describing U.S. writing as "insular and ignorant": Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl told ... Read More »

October 1, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Opinion

Diablo Cody on Judy Blume

By Scott MacDonald

In the latest installment of her recurring Entertainment Weekly column, Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody writes “ quite thoughtfully “ about the beloved YA author Judy Blume, and all of the stuff she learned by reading ... Read More »

October 1, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Google Book Search unveils new Amazon-style feature

By Scott MacDonald

Earlier this week, Google unveiled a new feature of its book search service that may have useful applications for the publishing industry. According to CNet News, the feature will allow online retailers to embed preview ... Read More »

September 24, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Montgomery’s “suicide” questioned

By Scott MacDonald

Last Saturday, a descendant of Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery revealed, for the first time, that her grandmother committed suicide. In the wake of this revelation, however, Montgomery's biographer is publicly questioning ... Read More »

September 24, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

What’s red and blue and read all over?

By Scott MacDonald

For all you American political junkies out there: Amazon.com has used its book sales data to create a nifty election-year map of the U.S., where they show which states are buying more "red" books, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Parsing Babar

By Scott MacDonald

New Yorker scribe Adam Gopnick has penned a nice, lengthy essay about the continuing controversy surrounding Babar, the titular hero of the popular children's book series. As Gopnick explains, people like the Chilean author Ariel ... Read More »

September 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Ontario’s new textbook grant

By Scott MacDonald

Earlier this year, the Ontario government revealed plans to help university students shoulder the increasing costs of textbooks, but no specific initiatives were announced. Last Wednesday, however, word finally arrived about a new "Textbook and ... Read More »

September 12, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Meyer dumps new Twilight installment

By Scott MacDonald

Rabid Twilight fans the world over will have to find something else to do with their future Friday nights, as series author Stephanie Meyer has decided to abort a planned companion volume. According to Entertainment ... Read More »

September 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Time to retire Catcher in the Rye?

By Scott MacDonald

There's an internet debate a'brewin' over the merits of that perennial high school syllabus placeholder The Catcher in the Rye. Over at Good Magazine, Anne Trubek makes an impassioned plea to replace it with something ... Read More »

August 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book culture

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Litbloggers weigh in on Giller picks

Nobel jury head slams U.S. authors

Diablo Cody on Judy Blume

Google Book Search unveils new Amazon-style feature

Montgomery’s “suicide” questioned

What’s red and blue and read all over?

Parsing Babar

Ontario’s new textbook grant

Meyer dumps new Twilight installment

Time to retire Catcher in the Rye?

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