by Steven W. Beattie

The lowdown on BookCamp

The inaugural BookCamp Toronto "unconference" may have been a little less "un" than intended, but it was nevertheless a valuable forum for industry insiders to mingle with writers, journalists, and other bookish types and to ... Read More »

June 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Paul Quarrington diagnosed with lung cancer

By Steven W. Beattie

Paul Quarrington, the Governor General's Award-winning author of Whale Music, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. In today's Globe and Mail, Quarrington is quoted as saying that the diagnosis is "surreal." From the ... Read More »

June 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Salinger threatens legal action over Catcher in the Rye sequel

By Steven W. Beattie

Don't piss off J.D. Salinger. The famously reclusive author is also famously litigious, and the latest person to get caught in his legal sights is one J.D. California, the improbably named author of 60 Years ... Read More »

June 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Canada’s 10 best poets?

By Steven W. Beattie

The Griffin Poetry Prize will be given out this coming Wednesday, and there are three strong books in contention: Revolver by Kevin Connolly (House of Anansi Press), Crabwise to the Hounds by Jaramy Dodds (Coach ... Read More »

June 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Google unveils plans to sell e-books

By Steven W. Beattie

Look out Amazon, Google's coming. That was the message at BookExpo America over the weekend. According to an article by Motoko Rich in yesterday's New York Times, representatives from Google were in discussions with booksellers ... Read More »

June 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Tintin, The Hobbit and Goosebumps: coming soon to a theatre near you: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

The imminent end of the Harry Potter film franchise “ the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is scheduled for release in 2011 “ has Hollywood types scurrying to secure other ... Read More »

May 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

A bit of the old ultraviolence: kids’ edition

By Steven W. Beattie

What's missing from children's books? Earnest messages about the evils of bullying and the importance of tolerance? Stories that build sensitivity for other cultures and races? Books that inculcate a sense of history? Not according ... Read More »

May 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

How you know you’re in a recession, Part MMCXIIV

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog is well aware that hard economic times have a disproportionate effect on writers (who aren't usually in the top earning brackets to begin with) but it's a sign that things have become untenable when ... Read More »

May 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Twilight sequel script found in trash

By Steven W. Beattie

It was a blunder worthy of CSIS. In 1999, Canada's spy agency had egg on its face after top-secret documents were stolen off the back seat of a parked car while the car's owner attended ... Read More »

May 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins cancels Ballard memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

In 1996, Harold Brodkey published This Wild Darkness, a slim volume describing, in often painful detail, his physical deterioration from AIDS. Portions of his journal from this period remain online, and provide starkly honest insights ... Read More »

April 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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The lowdown on BookCamp

Paul Quarrington diagnosed with lung cancer

Salinger threatens legal action over Catcher in the Rye sequel

Canada’s 10 best poets?

Google unveils plans to sell e-books

Tintin, The Hobbit and Goosebumps: coming soon to a theatre near you: UPDATED

A bit of the old ultraviolence: kids’ edition

How you know you’re in a recession, Part MMCXIIV

Twilight sequel script found in trash

HarperCollins cancels Ballard memoir

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