by Steven W. Beattie

New Murakami novel to appear in October

Last April, Quillblog pointed to the mass excitement in Japan surrounding the release of the third volume of 1Q84, the first full-length novel from Haruki Murakami since 2002's Kafka on the Shore. In his home ... Read More »

January 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ian McEwan responds to critics of controversial award

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, Quillblog pointed to the controversy surrounding acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan's decision to travel to the Jerusalem Book Fair, where he will be presented with the Jerusalem Award, given biannually to writers whose work ... Read More »

January 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Supply and demand and book awards

By Steven W. Beattie

Some may recall the minor literary fracas that occurred last fall when Johanna Skibsrud's novel The Sentimentalists won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and publisher Gaspereau Press was temporarily unable to keep up with demand for ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Just the facts? Not if William Skidelsky can help it

By Steven W. Beattie

At the beginning of 2006, the scandal of the moment in literary circles involved James Frey, accused of fictionalizing details in his memoir, A Million Little Pieces, and subsequently raked over the coals by Oprah ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ian McEwan to accept controversial literary award

By Steven W. Beattie

Ian McEwan is no stranger to literary awards, having received the Man Booker Prize, the Whitbread Award, the Prix Femina Ã‰tranger, among others. But his most recent honour comes with controversy attached. The Guardian is ... Read More »

January 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ruth Cavin, the “First Lady of Mysteries,” dies

By Steven W. Beattie

The Associated Press is reporting that Ruth Cavin, an editor at the Thomas Dunne Books imprint of St. Martin's Press in the U.S., has succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 92. Cavin was ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

How to outfit a room? With books, of course

By Steven W. Beattie

There is a great deal of doom and gloom these days over the fact that fewer people seem to be reading than has been the case in recent history, but an article in The New ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Patsy Aldana named to Order of Canada

By Steven W. Beattie

Patsy Aldana, the publisher of Groundwood Books, was named a member of the Order of Canada last week. A native of Guatemala, Aldana came to Canada in 1971 and started Groundwood (which was acquired by ... Read More »

January 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

What book criticism needs is a little respect, says book critic

By Steven W. Beattie

Over the New Year's weekend, The New York Times published a series of articles on the state of book criticism at the start of 2011. The general introduction to the series, which features articles by ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter, Dan Brown dominate U.K. list of best-selling books

By Steven W. Beattie

The stereotype has it that England is filled with recondite literati ensconced in mahogany-lined libraries reading leather-bound volumes of Romantic poetry and plump Victorian novels. This as compared to the beer-swilling philistines in America, gorging ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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New Murakami novel to appear in October

Ian McEwan responds to critics of controversial award

Supply and demand and book awards

Just the facts? Not if William Skidelsky can help it

Ian McEwan to accept controversial literary award

Ruth Cavin, the “First Lady of Mysteries,” dies

How to outfit a room? With books, of course

Patsy Aldana named to Order of Canada

What book criticism needs is a little respect, says book critic

Harry Potter, Dan Brown dominate U.K. list of best-selling books

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