by Stuart Woods

Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

Some book-related links: Noble laureate Jean-Marie Le Clézio faces the inevitable backlash Five poets write The New York Times op-ed page A scandalous novel by Kerouac and Burroughs sees the light of day (excerpted here) ... Read More »

November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian director tackles Midnight’s Children

By Stuart Woods

The Indian-born Canadian film director Deepa Mehta is set to adapt Salman Rushdie's masterpiece Midnight's Children, which was twice selected as the best-ever Booker Prize winner. The Guardian reports: Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie's panoramic 1981 ... Read More »

November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood talks to Salon about her well-timed meditation on debt, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth Are Canadian authors' festivals the greatest? More gripes about those nasty chain bookstores Reed Elsevier beginning ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Gloomy times for the U.S. book trade

By Stuart Woods

News broke yesterday that Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House U.S., is laying off 16 employees “ a 10% cut in staff. While David Drake, a Doubleday spokesperson, denies that the cuts have ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Battle of the bloggers, IFOA edition

By Stuart Woods

Toronto author Andrew Westoll has been doing a fine job as the official blogger for this year's International Festival of Authors. In fact, it seems he's been doing such a good job that National Post ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Bookmarks: DFW, BHL, and a librarian in NYC

By Stuart Woods

Was David Foster Wallace the greatest writer of his generation? David Lipsky makes the case in his Rolling Stone profile, excerpted here An appreciation of legendary U.K. agent Pat Kavanagh, also recently deceased French provocateur ... Read More »

October 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Danielle Steel and the stink of success

By Stuart Woods

What does a bestseller smell like? The creative team at Elizabeth Arden is wagering that people will be curious to find out with its latest celebrity fragrance, Danielle by Danielle Steel. But according to T ... Read More »

October 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The future of e-readers: the iPhone?

By Stuart Woods

While technology analysts have been touting e-ink “ which mimics the glare-free quality of real ink on a page “ as the breakthrough that could push e-readers into the mainstream, Forbes is reporting that the ... Read More »

October 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

A digested read of Julie Couillard

By Stuart Woods

Over at Maclean's, national affairs correspondent Charlie Gillis is performing a public service of sorts by reading Julie Couillard's tell-all memoir My Story, which hits stores today, and live-blogging his impressions. The verdict so far ... Read More »

October 3, 2008

Event photos: Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award

By Stuart Woods

A small but lively crowd gathered on Wednesday evening at Toronto's swank Drake Hotel for the 2007 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Author Gil Adamson eventually walked away with the $7,500 prize for her ... Read More »

October 2, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

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Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

Canadian director tackles Midnight’s Children

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

Gloomy times for the U.S. book trade

Battle of the bloggers, IFOA edition

Bookmarks: DFW, BHL, and a librarian in NYC

Danielle Steel and the stink of success

The future of e-readers: the iPhone?

A digested read of Julie Couillard

Event photos: Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award

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