by Stuart Woods

Bookmarks: Simon & Schuster’s bad year, Book Oven launches, and more

Sundry links from around the Web: Simon & Schuster's operating profits decline by 58% for the year Gil Adamson featured in the Guardian Book Oven, a collaborative literary community run by BookCamp Toronto's Hugh McGuire, ... Read More »

August 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

It’s official: litmags to be cut out of CPF funding

By Stuart Woods

There will be no exceptions for small literary and cultural magazines under the new Canada Periodical Fund, the department of Canadian Heritage has confirmed. In a letter to The New Quarterly managing editor Rosalynn Tyo, ... Read More »

August 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins profits plummet

By Stuart Woods

HarperCollins suffered a massive decline in profits over the past 12 months, according to financial results posted yesterday by parent company NewsCorp. Operating income for the year plummeted to $17 million from $160 million in ... Read More »

August 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks, Britlit edition: Amis, McEwan, and Mitchell

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Ian McEwan tells the Guardian's Alison Flood about his new novel ... Read More »

August 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Hilary Mantel: an early Booker favourite

By Stuart Woods

Since being longlisted last week for the 2009 Man Booker Prize, British novelist Hilary Mantel has gone from being a relative outsider on a star-studded list to the overwhelming favourite to take home the £50,000 ... Read More »

August 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Pages requests memories for send-off bash

By Stuart Woods

Pages Books & Magazines may be closing its doors for good at the end of August, but not without throwing itself a massive send-off party. Pages staffer and event organizer Chris Reed has sent out ... Read More »

July 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Gil Adamson’s The Outlander lands film deal

By Stuart Woods

Gil Adamson's first novel, The Outlander (published by House of Anansi Press in 2007), has been optioned for the big screen by a trio of production companies from Canada and the U.K. The production companies ... Read More »

July 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Kenneth Oppel in outer space

By Stuart Woods

The 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing may be grabbing all the headlines today, so it's easy to overlook a bookish footnote to the historic milestone. According to a press release from the Canada ... Read More »

July 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: The Humber School for Writers’ summer workshop

By Stuart Woods

The Humber School for Writers' summer workshop kicked off on Tuesday in Toronto, attracting aspiring writers from across the country as well as a star-studded faculty of international talent. (Photos courtesy of Humber.) Nino Ricci ... Read More »

July 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood’s LongPen comes in handy for The Year of the Flood

By Stuart Woods

When her previous novel, Oryx and Crake, was published six years ago, Margaret Atwood was unable to make use of the LongPen, her quirky invention that allows authors to do remote book signings. But with ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Bookmarks: Simon & Schuster’s bad year, Book Oven launches, and more

It’s official: litmags to be cut out of CPF funding

HarperCollins profits plummet

Bookmarks, Britlit edition: Amis, McEwan, and Mitchell

Hilary Mantel: an early Booker favourite

Pages requests memories for send-off bash

Gil Adamson’s The Outlander lands film deal

Kenneth Oppel in outer space

Event photos: The Humber School for Writers’ summer workshop

Atwood’s LongPen comes in handy for The Year of the Flood

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