by Steven W. Beattie

Lawrence Hill gets some love from Oprah

It's summertime, which means barbeques, beach volleyball, and anarchists smashing windows in downtown Toronto. (Okay, that last was just a one-off ... it is devoutly to be hoped.) Another seasonal ritual is the summer reading ... Read More »

June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library in jeopardy

By Steven W. Beattie

Less than a month after Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop issued a public plea for donations to keep the store afloat, another Toronto indie, described by the Guardian in 2005 as "Canada's best independent bookstore," is ... Read More »

June 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Nobel Prize“winner Saramago dies at 87

By Steven W. Beattie

The Associated Press is reporting that José Saramago, the only Portuguese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at age 87. Born in 1922, the author left his job as a metalworker ... Read More »

June 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Stacey May Fowles locates a “silver lining” in the Davidar affair

By Steven W. Beattie

Earlier this week, Quillblog linked to a blog post about an anonymous blogger's experience with sexual harassment in the workplace. That post has since gone on to get read, retweeted, linked, and even picked up ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Jeanette Winterson defies coffee conglomerate to open her own shop

By Steven W. Beattie

If next year's Coffee Shop Author contest goes international, a London-based entrant could conceivably win with a novel written in Verde, a shop co-owned by novelist Jeanette Winterson. Writing in the Guardian, Winterson details how ... Read More »

June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

“I’ll have a venti mochaccino and an award-winning book, please.”

By Steven W. Beattie

In his memoir On Writing, Stephen King advises aspiring writers to avoid writing in coffee shops. Canadian novelist Corey Redekop, by contrast, admits that "the majority of [his] writing occurs in coffee shops." There is ... Read More »

June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

New copyright legislation likely this Thursday

By Steven W. Beattie

According to a Canadian Press report, Industry Minister Tony Clement is likely to table long-awaited legislation amending Canada's Copyright Act this Thursday. The legislation apparently includes a revised definition of "fair dealing" that would make ... Read More »

May 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Author of Drugstore Cowboy behind bars … again

By Steven W. Beattie

His name may not be as instantly recognizable as, say, John Dillinger or Jesse James, but James Fogle seems intent on adding "career criminal" to a resumé that already includes "published novelist" among his lifetime ... Read More »

May 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The girl who lived with Stieg Larsson

By Steven W. Beattie

Stieg Larsson, who died in 2004, is known internationally as the best-selling author of the Millennium trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the ... Read More »

May 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

By Steven W. Beattie

Egypt is not the only place where authors run afoul of censorship. It also happens with distressing regularity in the so-called Land of the Free to Canada's south. In the latest instance, the New Jersey ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Lawrence Hill gets some love from Oprah

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library in jeopardy

Nobel Prize“winner Saramago dies at 87

Stacey May Fowles locates a “silver lining” in the Davidar affair

Jeanette Winterson defies coffee conglomerate to open her own shop

“I’ll have a venti mochaccino and an award-winning book, please.”

New copyright legislation likely this Thursday

Author of Drugstore Cowboy behind bars … again

The girl who lived with Stieg Larsson

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

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