by Steven W. Beattie

Louis Riel: revolutionary, MÃ©tis hero … poet?

Hanged for treason in 1885 as a result of his part in the Northwest Rebellions, Louis Riel has seen an uptick in his reputation in the last 40 years or so. But it's unlikely that ... Read More »

November 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

By Steven W. Beattie

In preparation for tomorrow's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala award ceremony, the National Post has recruited a cadre of industry insiders, authors, and commentators for a special online roundtable about literary awards and their effects on ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Publishers cool on the notion of George W. Bush memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Soon-to-be-ex American president George W. Bush is contemplating a memoir of his eight years spent screwing up the country in power, but publishers are not champing at the bit to take it on. According to ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Twilight filmmakers have a stake in sticking closely to the book

By Steven W. Beattie

There's an old saw that says never judge a book by its movie. For the makers of Twilight, the upcoming film based on the first book in the gajillion-selling series of teen vampire novels by ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

American author Studs Terkel dead at 96

By Steven W. Beattie

Continuing our sad Monday-morning ritual, there's a significant literary death from over the weekend to mention. Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian and radio personality Studs Terkel died last Friday after a long illness. Terkel, whose adopted ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Doing the Harper shuffle

By Steven W. Beattie

Ordinary working people in the arts community who were miffed by the Conservative government's $45-million cuts to a broad array of arts programs may have reason to breathe a bit easier today. Josée Verner, the ... Read More »

October 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Oprah’s love affair with the Amazon Kindle

By Steven W. Beattie

The de facto Queen of All Media has gone digital. Last week, Amazon's Kindle e-reader got a powerful celebrity endorsement from Oprah Winfrey, who declared that the gadget is "absolutely [her] new favorite thing in ... Read More »

October 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Tony Hillerman dead at 83

By Steven W. Beattie

In what is becoming a sad Monday ritual, news has broken about the death of a major literary figure over the weekend. Mystery writer Tony Hillerman, whose Navajo Tribal Police novels were perennial bestsellers, died ... Read More »

October 27, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

School board superintendent not anti-gay … says school board superintendent

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, Quillblog pointed to a CBC story about a Charlotte County, New Brunswick school board that rescinded an invitation to openly gay author Alex Sanchez to speak to high school students in their district ... Read More »

October 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Man Booker also-ran Sebastian Barry “entitled to be disappointed” … says Booker juror

By Steven W. Beattie

Horse-trading, you say? Compromise? The acceptable third choice? This would appear to be what adjudicating a major literary prize comes down to. Little more than a month after the Guardian published its exposé covering 40 ... Read More »

October 23, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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Louis Riel: revolutionary, MÃ©tis hero … poet?

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

Publishers cool on the notion of George W. Bush memoir

Twilight filmmakers have a stake in sticking closely to the book

American author Studs Terkel dead at 96

Doing the Harper shuffle

Oprah’s love affair with the Amazon Kindle

Tony Hillerman dead at 83

School board superintendent not anti-gay … says school board superintendent

Man Booker also-ran Sebastian Barry “entitled to be disappointed” … says Booker juror

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