by Steven W. Beattie

New York Times lauds Chester Brown’s new graphic memoir

Paying for It, Chester Brown's new graphic memoir about his experience patronizing prostitutes, published in May by Drawn & Quarterly, has received a fairly high-profile endorsement from The New York Times. None other than famed ... Read More »

July 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Author Ann Patchett to open bookstore in Nashville?

By Steven W. Beattie

Ann Patchett is a Guggenheim fellow and the best-selling author of novels such as Bel Canto and Run. According to an interview in the Boston Phoenix, she may be about to add another line to ... Read More »

June 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Author claims to have found the burial site of GarcÃ¬a Lorca

By Steven W. Beattie

The circumstances surrounding the death of poet and playwright Federico GarcÃ¬a Lorca, who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War, have long been shrouded in controversy. The prevailing wisdom is that he was killed for ... Read More »

June 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Timothy Leary’s papers find a home at the New York Public Library

By Steven W. Beattie

He was perhaps best known for invoking the peace and love generation of the 1960s to "turn on, tune in, drop out," but Timothy Leary, the guru who advocated the mind-enhancing positive effects of LSD, ... Read More »

June 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Crime writers conspire to raise money for new morgue

By Steven W. Beattie

Together, crime writers Val McDermid, Patricia Cornwell, and Kathy Reichs (with help from the fictional forensic investigators on CSI and Bones) have introduced a whole new set of terms to the pop cultural lexicon “ ... Read More »

June 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Maharaj, Latosik win Trillium awards

By Steven W. Beattie

Novelist Rabindranath Maharaj beat out heavy hitters Emma Donoghue and Michael Winter to take the 24th annual Trillium Book Award. Maharaj won the prize, which honours the best writing by Ontario authors, for his fourth ... Read More »

June 17, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Keri Hulme denounces “misogynist prick” Naipaul

By Steven W. Beattie

Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul's intemperate remarks about women writers have caused a storm of backlash from the literary community, ranging from dismissiveness (Naipaul's former editor, Diana Athill, said his comments "just made [her] laugh") to ... Read More »

June 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Terry Pratchett ponders assisted suicide

By Steven W. Beattie

Best-selling U.K. author Terry Pratchett has received the consent forms necessary to initiate the process of ending his life from Switzerland's Dignitas clinic. Pratchett, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, says the only thing preventing him ... Read More »

June 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Brooklyn author opens bookstore to sell his own book

By Steven W. Beattie

There's a new bookstore in New York City, but you won't find the latest releases from Jonathan Franzen or Jodi Picoult there. In fact, Andrew Kessler's store, Ed's Martian Book, stocks only one title: Kessler's ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Did she or didn’t she? Two versions of Harper Lee’s involvement in new bio

By Steven W. Beattie

Marja Mills, a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has been trying to solve the riddle of why reclusive author Harper Lee never published another book after her classic 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Read More »

May 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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New York Times lauds Chester Brown’s new graphic memoir

Author Ann Patchett to open bookstore in Nashville?

Author claims to have found the burial site of GarcÃ¬a Lorca

Timothy Leary’s papers find a home at the New York Public Library

Crime writers conspire to raise money for new morgue

Maharaj, Latosik win Trillium awards

Keri Hulme denounces “misogynist prick” Naipaul

Terry Pratchett ponders assisted suicide

Brooklyn author opens bookstore to sell his own book

Did she or didn’t she? Two versions of Harper Lee’s involvement in new bio

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