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Anne Enright is Ireland’s first fiction laureate, a Super Bowl reading list, and more

Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright announced as Ireland's first Laureate for Fiction Nicholas Carlson on how he wrote 93,000 words in six weeks: "I quit drinking" The Casual Optimist on the digital rescue of ... Read More »

January 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies at 77

By Steven W. Beattie

Colleen McCullough, the Australian author best known for the international bestseller The Thorn Birds has died, after what reports are referring to as "a long illness." She was 77. Born in New South Wales and ... Read More »

January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Spring preview 2015: short fiction & poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

A RETURN TO THE FORM Saskatchewan author Guy Vanderhaeghe is probably best known for his epic Western trilogy of historical novels, which includes The Englishman’s Boy, The Last Crossing, and A Good Man. The first ... Read More »

January 15, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

PEN American Center survey finds writers around the world engaging in self-censorship over surveillance worries

By Steven W. Beattie

In his 2014 book No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who brought to light Edward Snowden's revelations about the extent of the U.S. National Security Agency's post-9/11 spying on its own citizens, points ... Read More »

January 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Remembering P.D. James, grande dame of British detective fiction, dead at 94

By Steven W. Beattie

I saw the great British detective novelist P.D. James, who died today in Oxford at the age of 94, in person only once, at the University of Toronto's Convocation Hall. This was decades ago – ... Read More »

November 27, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Inaugural edition of Inspire! book fair a mixed bag

By Steven W. Beattie

Expectations were high heading into the inaugural iteration of Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair, as were anxieties. Initially intended as a combination trade fair and consumer event, the fair morphed into a consumer showcase, attracting ... Read More »

November 20, 2014 | Filed under: Events

Sean Michaels a surprise winner at last night’s Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

By Steven W. Beattie

In the end, all the prognosticators and so-called experts were wrong. Heading into last night's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, the heavy favourite to take the award was Miriam Toews for her sixth novel, All My ... Read More »

November 11, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

David Kent, domestic publishing, and the problem of distribution: why yesterday’s HarperCollins news matters

By Steven W. Beattie

There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about yesterday's news that HarperCollins Canada is embarking on a restructuring that will see the elimination of more than 100 jobs. The most high-profile of those job ... Read More »

November 5, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Douglas Coupland on the future, 3D printing, and the irrelevancy of human beings

By Steven W. Beattie

We’re about 20 minutes into our chat when Douglas Coupland calls me stupid. Well, alright, not me personally, but the type of individual who might harbour an attitude I’d just tentatively expressed. The subject we’re ... Read More »

October 10, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

2014 Giller jury plays it safe with shortlist

By Steven W. Beattie

It's turning into a very good year for Miriam Toews. Last week, the Toronto-based author was tapped as one of the five shortlisted names on the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and this morning she ... Read More »

October 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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Anne Enright is Ireland’s first fiction laureate, a Super Bowl reading list, and more

Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies at 77

Spring preview 2015: short fiction & poetry

PEN American Center survey finds writers around the world engaging in self-censorship over surveillance worries

Remembering P.D. James, grande dame of British detective fiction, dead at 94

Inaugural edition of Inspire! book fair a mixed bag

Sean Michaels a surprise winner at last night’s Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

David Kent, domestic publishing, and the problem of distribution: why yesterday’s HarperCollins news matters

Douglas Coupland on the future, 3D printing, and the irrelevancy of human beings

2014 Giller jury plays it safe with shortlist

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