by Steven W. Beattie

Legendary U.K. agent Pat Kavanagh dies

The Bookseller is reporting that Pat Kavanagh, the British agent and wife of novelist Julian Barnes, has died. Kavanagh represented some heavy hitters in the literary world, including Joanna Trollope, John Irving, and William Trevor ... Read More »

October 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Mafiaboy is repentant … the Mafia, not so much

By Steven W. Beattie

There's a new book out by Michael Calce, aka Mafiaboy, the young internet hacker who caused turmoil eight years ago when he hacked some of the biggest websites around ” including Yahoo, eBay, and CNN ... Read More »

October 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Fear of Fighting launch

By Steven W. Beattie

At the Gladstone Hotel on Tuesday evening, Invisible Publishing launched Fear of Fighting, written by Stacey May Fowles, with illustrations by Marlena Zuber. Fowles and Zuber took the stage to discuss their creative process with ... Read More »

October 16, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Milan Kundera accused of acting as a Communist informant in the 1950s

By Steven W. Beattie

The reclusive Czech-born author Milan Kundera has been accused of informing on a man who allegedly worked as a spy in the 1950s. According to the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, a 1950 ... Read More »

October 14, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Gay author denied a chance to speak to N.B. high schools

By Steven W. Beattie

Adam Alex Sanchez, an openly gay author whose book, Rainbow Boys, was included on the American Library Association's list of Best Books for Young Adults in 2002, has been refused the opportunity to speak to ... Read More »

October 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Publishers fail to snap up book on Sarah Palin

By Steven W. Beattie

In a vivid example of the dangers of writing history while it's being made, the New York Observer reports that right-wing broadcaster Hugh Hewitt's proposed book, How Sarah Palin Won the Election... And Saved America, ... Read More »

October 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The evolution of Ricci’s new novel

By Steven W. Beattie

On Saturday the National Post inaugurated the first in its series of articles describing the development of Nino Ricci's new novel, The Origin of Species, which hits store shelves tomorrow. In the opening of the ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Sony Reader fails to wow them at WOTS

By Steven W. Beattie

In addition to the numerous author readings, signings, and stacks of books for sale at yesterday's Word on the Street festival, which drew an estimated 200,000 people to Queen's Park in Toronto, there was a ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Shinan Govani takes on Bennett’s blue bloods

By Steven W. Beattie

Gadfly and gossip-hound Shinan Govani takes novelist Jonathan Bennett to task in the pages of today's National Post, suggesting that Bennett's portrayal of the well-heeled, monied classes in his new book, Entitlement, misses the mark. ... Read More »

September 25, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Controversial Bret Easton Ellis novel headed to Broadway

By Steven W. Beattie

With Wall Street suffering financial conniptions, prominent investment firms imploding like neutron stars, and American president George W. Bush organizing a $700-billion bail-out, it feels like the 1980s all over again. What better time to ... Read More »

September 25, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

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Legendary U.K. agent Pat Kavanagh dies

Mafiaboy is repentant … the Mafia, not so much

Event photos: Fear of Fighting launch

Milan Kundera accused of acting as a Communist informant in the 1950s

Gay author denied a chance to speak to N.B. high schools

Publishers fail to snap up book on Sarah Palin

The evolution of Ricci’s new novel

Sony Reader fails to wow them at WOTS

Shinan Govani takes on Bennett’s blue bloods

Controversial Bret Easton Ellis novel headed to Broadway

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