by Steven W. Beattie

What Barack Obama’s reading

As if the PEN/Faulkner award weren't enough, Joseph O'Neill can now boast that his novel, Netherland, is on Barack Obama's bedside table. In an interview with The New York Times, the American president told David ... Read More »

April 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

In memoriam: Derek Weiler

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog readers who will be in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, are cordially invited to attend a party in honour of Q&Q's late editor, Derek Weiler. The event, which is being generously hosted by Pages ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ondaatje plaque unveiled

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog is a bit late with this one, but would be remiss not to acknowledge the unveiling last Thursday of a plaque commemorating Michael Ondaatje's iconic Toronto novel In the Skin of a Lion. The ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Is Carol Ann Duffy Britain’s new Poet Laureate?

By Steven W. Beattie

The Independent seems to think so. They are reporting that Duffy's name has been sent to the Queen for approval, and that her appointment is so certain that bookies have stopped taking bets on her ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Which is more worrisome: Jack Black as Kesey, or Angelina Jolie as Scarpetta?

By Steven W. Beattie

In book-related film news, Quillblog is tickled pink (or kandy-kolored, as the case may be) to learn that Gus Van Sant has agreed to direct a film version of Tom Wolfe's classic work of gonzo ... Read More »

April 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bertelsmann sweeps Pulitzers

By Steven W. Beattie

They're likely dancing in the halls of Random House U.S. today. Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prizes for literature were announced, and Random and its affiliate, Doubleday, swept the fiction, non-fiction, and biography categories. Elizabeth Strout's short ... Read More »

April 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Anansi and Shortcovers team up to give away digital book

By Steven W. Beattie

Heaven may be small, but the heart of Emily Schultz's new publisher is large, indeed. House of Anansi Press announced that it has teamed up with Shortcovers, Indigo's new online bookstore, to give away free ... Read More »

April 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Gargantuan Stephen King novel emerges after 25-year incubation

By Steven W. Beattie

It took him 25 years from conception to completion, but Stephen King is finally ready to publish his hulking unwieldy boulder-like epic novel Under the Dome, described as an allegorical tale about a town in ... Read More »

April 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon kindles a price war

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not be the equivalent of the sans-coulottes rising en masse during the French Revolution or a student facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square, but there appears to be a grassroots uprising of ... Read More »

April 6, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the planet's bestselling authors, J.K. "I'll kick Stephenie Meyer's ass" Rowling and John Grisham, are among several authors whose books have apparently been illegally uploaded to a San Francisco-based website that promotes itself ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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What Barack Obama’s reading

In memoriam: Derek Weiler

Ondaatje plaque unveiled

Is Carol Ann Duffy Britain’s new Poet Laureate?

Which is more worrisome: Jack Black as Kesey, or Angelina Jolie as Scarpetta?

Bertelsmann sweeps Pulitzers

Anansi and Shortcovers team up to give away digital book

Gargantuan Stephen King novel emerges after 25-year incubation

Amazon kindles a price war

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

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