by Scott MacDonald

Addressing the needs of young readers, part 2

In Edinburgh, Scotland, where unemployment has risen to over 18% and 23% of households fall under the low-income threshold, stability has been found in a somewhat unlikely place: a local library. Turning young, rambunctious patrons ... Read More »

April 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Addressing the needs of young readers, part 1

By Scott MacDonald

The Seattle Times website features an interesting report on a continuing trend in some high school reading lists. Interspersing arduous classical texts with contemporary works by women and ethnic minorities seems to have led to ... Read More »

April 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Go, poetry!

By Scott MacDonald

A new website devoted to Canadian poetry has recently been launched. Edited by poets and reviewers Dani Couture and Alex Boyd, who also organizes Toronto's IV lounge reading series, the Northern Poetry Review bills itself ... Read More »

April 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

By Scott MacDonald

What's the best way to sell a book? Recent events surrounding Mark Tushingham's book, Hotter Than Hell, suggest that a little controversy can't hurt. In Other Media linked last week to coverage of the Harper ... Read More »

April 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The books on screen

By Scott MacDonald

In the world of filmic adaptations of books, good books don't necessarily make for good films, and great films are not always based on good books. A panel of experts gathered by The Guardian has ... Read More »

April 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the graphic memoir

By Scott MacDonald

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently posted an article on its website about the rise of graphic memoirs, or memoirs in comic book form. This news itself isn't so noteworthy: with numerous autobiographically inspired books like Art ... Read More »

April 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Might is right

By Scott MacDonald

In what appears to be an attempt to keep a lid on the pot of global warming, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has barred Mark Tushingham, a scientist for Environment Canada and the author of the ... Read More »

April 18, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

McDonald's gears up for Fast Food Nation film

By Scott MacDonald

Film blog Cinematical recently featured a short, comical report on McDonald's full-scale PR campaign on the eve of the release of the filmic adaptation of Eric Schlosser's book, Fast Food Nation. Blogger Martha Fischer writes, ... Read More »

April 18, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

By Scott MacDonald

The world just can't seem to leave its wealthiest conspiracy theorist alone. The latest incident in the Da Vinci Code money grab sees Mikhail Anikin, a Russian art historian, vying for a public apology and ... Read More »

April 12, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Judgment Day: The Story of My Life, Not Guilty in a Trial by Fire on the Island on a Good Day to Die

By Scott MacDonald

Consulting with the American Library Association, which compiled a list of commonly used book titles, the Associated Press lets us in on what a few of them are and the issues that surround them -- ... Read More »

April 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Addressing the needs of young readers, part 2

Addressing the needs of young readers, part 1

Go, poetry!

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

The books on screen

On the graphic memoir

Might is right

McDonald's gears up for Fast Food Nation film

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

Judgment Day: The Story of My Life, Not Guilty in a Trial by Fire on the Island on a Good Day to Die

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