by Steven W. Beattie

Jacob McArthur Mooney wins Harbourfront’s Poetry Idol

Last Wednesday, Authors at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto sponsored an open stage poetry smackdown at which 20 poets under the age of 35 were invited to read their poetry in front of an audience and ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Shining the spotlight on reviewing

By Steven W. Beattie

For as long as there have been books there have (presumably) been book reviews. For as long as there has been an Internet, there have been amateur book reviewers. How does the practice of reviewing ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Debut novel paints unflattering familial portrait: novelist’s family upset

By Steven W. Beattie

Apologize, Apologize! is not just the title of Elizabeth Kelly's debut novel, it's also what her estranged brother is demanding she do on account of the way their family is represented in the book. According ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Sylvia Plath’s son commits suicide

By Steven W. Beattie

Forty-six years after poet Sylvia Plath took her own life, her son Nicholas has hanged himself. Like his mother, Nicholas “ the son of Plath and poet Ted Hughes “ had struggled for much of ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Tweet your way to literary stardom

By Steven W. Beattie

In the latest race-to-the-bottom trend of cultural idiocy, books composed of Tweets by users of the popular website Twitter seem to be catching on. HarperCollins' new imprint, IT Books, is publishing one, called Twitter Wit, ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

2009 Scotiabank Giller jury announced

By Steven W. Beattie

In what is always an early harbinger of how Canada's richest literary prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, will eventually shake out, the three-person jury for the 2009 edition has been named. This year's jury is ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Watchmen and Canadian zombies at the box office

By Steven W. Beattie

To no one's surprise, Watchmen, Zack Snyder's noisy, bloated, and obnoxious adaptation of the graphic novel co-written by Dave Gibbons (according to the film's credits; writer Alan Moore's name doesn't appear anywhere in relation to ... Read More »

March 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

New Mark Twain essays forthcoming

By Steven W. Beattie

Before his death, Franz Kafka famously told his literary executor, Max Brod, to burn all his manuscripts. Brod didn't listen, and as a result, Western literature has The Trial and The Castle. Last year, there ... Read More »

March 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Seen Reading busted by Indigo

By Steven W. Beattie

In what has to qualify as the most absurd power-trip this Quillblogger has seen in a long, loooooong time, an overzealous Indigo employee apparently prevented Julie Wilson, administrator of the popular blog Seen Reading, from ... Read More »

March 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Movies made from books suck: Salman Rushdie

By Steven W. Beattie

"Adaptation, the process by which one thing develops into another thing, by which one shape or form changes into a different form, is a commonplace artistic activity." That helpful declarative statement opens Salman Rushdie's recent ... Read More »

March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

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Jacob McArthur Mooney wins Harbourfront’s Poetry Idol

Shining the spotlight on reviewing

Debut novel paints unflattering familial portrait: novelist’s family upset

Sylvia Plath’s son commits suicide

Tweet your way to literary stardom

2009 Scotiabank Giller jury announced

Watchmen and Canadian zombies at the box office

New Mark Twain essays forthcoming

Seen Reading busted by Indigo

Movies made from books suck: Salman Rushdie

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