by Scott MacDonald

Literary multi-tasking

Yahoo! News peers into the short-term future of American book offerings and sees that at least four mystery/thriller titles with conflicts revolving around the Catholic Church will be released in the early months of 2006. ... Read More »

December 15, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

On the figurative qualities of tattoos

By Scott MacDonald

An article by Margot Mifflin in the December/January issue of The Believer describes an intriguing writing project. American author Shelley Jackson announced in 2003 her plan to publish "Skin," a 2,095-word short story, as a ... Read More »

December 15, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Philip Roth: charming killjoy

By Scott MacDonald

In The Guardian today, Philip Roth grants a rare and delightful interview to Danish journalist Martin Krasnik. In it, Roth talks of his fear of death, his disgust for religion, and his new novel Everyman; ... Read More »

December 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Whitbread could be toast

By Scott MacDonald

Big news on the book-award front: sponsorship of the Whitbread Awards, the second-most prestigious book awards in Britain after the Man Booker, is up for grabs. A sponsor for the honours since their inception in ... Read More »

December 14, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Nobel-nominated author, Crips founder, Tookie Williams executed

By Scott MacDonald

At 12:35 a.m. PST this morning, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, convicted murderer, gang founder, and Nobel Prize-nominated children's and YA author, was executed by lethal injection at the San Quentin State Prison just outside of San ... Read More »

December 13, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

HarperCollins to offer digital content online

By Scott MacDonald

In a landmark move in the controversy over digitizing books for online use, HarperCollins announced yesterday that it would create a digital library of all its book and audio content that will be both available ... Read More »

December 13, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

More discouraging words for would-be writers

By Scott MacDonald

Sam Sacks of the New York Press takes a stab at that educational institution we all love to hate: the graduate-level writing workshop. The importance of workshops in contemporary American literature can be seen both ... Read More »

December 7, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Seeking the next J.K. Rowling

By Scott MacDonald

In the middle of the holiday book-buying season, it seems that just about everyone is weighing in on kidlit. On the CBC website, Rachel Giese traces its trajectory from the 1970s and '80s, when realist ... Read More »

December 7, 2005 | Filed under: Authors

Academic publishers take up on-demand technology

By Scott MacDonald

An article by Dan Carnevale of The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the popularity of digital printing, or print-on-demand, technology in the printing of scholarly monographs. Cheaper than traditional offset printing, digital technology has ... Read More »

December 6, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

The politics of poetry

By Scott MacDonald

A poem was removed from Pakistani textbooks after it was found to contain what appears to be a blatant endorsement of the Bush Administration, reports Alex Kumi of The Guardian. The poem was published in ... Read More »

December 6, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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Literary multi-tasking

On the figurative qualities of tattoos

Philip Roth: charming killjoy

Whitbread could be toast

Nobel-nominated author, Crips founder, Tookie Williams executed

HarperCollins to offer digital content online

More discouraging words for would-be writers

Seeking the next J.K. Rowling

Academic publishers take up on-demand technology

The politics of poetry

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