by Scott MacDonald

Oda named Minister of Heritage

Yesterday, the new government was sworn in and Prime Minister Harper's cabinet was announced. Among those named were ex-Liberal cabinet member David Emerson as Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and ... Read More »

February 7, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Betty Friedan, pioneer of second-wave feminism, dies at 85

By Scott MacDonald

Betty Friedan, pioneer of second-wave feminism and author of The Feminine Mystique, died on Saturday, her 85th birthday. Published in 1963, The Feminine Mystique, one of several books authored by Friedan, exposed a common but ... Read More »

February 7, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

A book is a live thing like your dog, says bookseller

By Scott MacDonald

An article posted on the Toronto Star website today profiles the Dog Lovers Bookshop, an online bookseller carrying new and used books on all subjects canine. Formerly a bricks-and-mortar store, the business is co-owned by ... Read More »

February 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Author condemns ALA

By Scott MacDonald

In the latest issue of the Villager, a publication serving lower Manhattan, writer and broadcaster Andrei Codrescu rebukes the American Library Association over their failure to condemn or otherwise intervene in the arresting of Cuban ... Read More »

February 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the rise of the misery memoir

By Scott MacDonald

In an essay recently posted on The Observer's website, Tim Adams explores the role of misery in British pop culture, writing of immensely popular "true-life" tabloid-style magazines that are filled with brief, fluffily written, and ... Read More »

February 1, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On racializing the sci-fi genre

By Scott MacDonald

On the sci-fi website Infinite Matrix, Pam Noles discusses the lack of ethnic minority representation in speculative fiction. The essay/memoir starts in the basement of Noles's childhood home, where she watched, ignorant of racial issues, ... Read More »

February 1, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Americans and Europeans are superior writers — American university finds

By Scott MacDonald

For the geeky list-lovers among us, the University of Illinois's American Book Review has on its website what it calls the "100 Best First Lines from Novels." The list is filled with the usual suspects ... Read More »

January 31, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Coetzee on translation

By Scott MacDonald

In a rather long-winded essay by J.M. Coetzee, republished on The Weekend Australian website, the author, whose books have been translated into 25 languages, writes of the trials and tribulations of translation. The article, which ... Read More »

January 31, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Alex Good issues a challenge

By Scott MacDonald

The publication of bestsellers lists derived from data released by BookNet Canada in Q&Q's January/February issue has led litblogger Alex Good to comment on the state of bestsellers lists in Canada. Good cites a statement ... Read More »

January 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the uncertain future of Canadian publishing

By Scott MacDonald

Stephen Henighan's latest column in Geist magazine, this one on the importance of Canadian-owned publishers, begins with the alarming prediction of a literary agent: that there will be no Canadian-owned publishers in 20 years, only ... Read More »

January 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Oda named Minister of Heritage

Betty Friedan, pioneer of second-wave feminism, dies at 85

A book is a live thing like your dog, says bookseller

Author condemns ALA

On the rise of the misery memoir

On racializing the sci-fi genre

Americans and Europeans are superior writers — American university finds

Coetzee on translation

Alex Good issues a challenge

On the uncertain future of Canadian publishing

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