by Scott MacDonald

Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

As we noted in Quillblog last week, British children's book publishers are gearing up to begin putting recommended age ranges on the covers of all their books. According to a new piece in The Daily ... Read More »

June 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

New ratings system for kids’ books?

By Scott MacDonald

A bit of controversy erupted at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts in Wales yesterday when the Children's Book Group of the Publishers' Association announced plans to pursue putting recommended age ranges on ... Read More »

May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

David Sedaris: survivor

By Scott MacDonald

A new collection of David Sedaris essays “ entitled When You Are Engulfed in Flames “ comes out next week, and Entertainment Weekly has used the opportunity to check in with the humorist and to ... Read More »

May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Borders launches Borders.com (again)

By Scott MacDonald

Back in 2001, when the dot-com boom went bust, the U.S. bookstore chain Borders decided to get out of the online bookselling biz and scrapped Borders.com. Now, however, they seem to have thought better of ... Read More »

May 28, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Is criticism dead?

By Scott MacDonald

Salon's two chief literary critics, Laura Miller and Louis Bayard, have posted a lengthy discussion about the state of literary criticism in North America, which begins with the following question: in the age of blogging, ... Read More »

May 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Coloroso’s publisher weighs in

By Scott MacDonald

Over the past week, the Toronto District School Board's decision to pull Barbara Coloroso's Extraordinary Evil from a Grade 11 course has continued to draw criticism from the literary community. Yesterday, Coloroso's publisher “ Penguin ... Read More »

May 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

We meant to blog this yesterday, but…

By Scott MacDonald

All week, Slate has been running a series of articles on the topic of procrastination, and Jessica Winter has contributed a compelling piece about authors who were famous procrastinators, notably Truman Capote and Ralph Ellison. ... Read More »

May 16, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Down to the Dirt at Cannes

By Scott MacDonald

The 61st annual Cannes Film Festival kicked off this week, and there is going to be a little bit of CanLit content in the mix. Director Justin Simms is making his feature debut there with ... Read More »

May 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

It wasn’t easy being Fleming

By Scott MacDonald

Spy novelist and Guardian blogger Charles Cumming takes a closer look at the writing-life of James Bond author Ian Fleming, and decides that the myths have overshadowed the truth somewhat. On the face of it, ... Read More »

May 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Critics stony towards Angel

By Scott MacDonald

The recent parade of big-budget CanLit film adaptations that began with Emotional Arithmetic and Fugitive Pieces continues this week with the release of The Stone Angel, starring American actress Ellen Burstyn. Not surprisingly, critics are ... Read More »

May 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

New ratings system for kids’ books?

David Sedaris: survivor

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Is criticism dead?

Coloroso’s publisher weighs in

We meant to blog this yesterday, but…

Down to the Dirt at Cannes

It wasn’t easy being Fleming

Critics stony towards Angel

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