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More hard times for JT LeRoy

Today, a guest post from incoming Q&Q editorial intern Stuart Woods, who joins us at the beginning of next month. Ever since the true identity of author JT LeRoy was revealed, the career of Laura ... Read More »

August 24, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

The English Patient visits England

By Nathan Whitlock

Michael Ondaatje will be the featured author on the BBC World Book Club's fifth anniversary show on Sept. 28, speaking about his novel The English Patient. Host Harriet Gilbert will interview Ondaatje at Canada House ... Read More »

August 22, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Threatened Bangladeshi author now faces charges

By Nathan Whitlock

Bangladeshi writer Talisma Nasrin, who had to be protected from physical attacks at her book launch in Hyderabad in south India last week, is now facing charges of inciting religious tensions, The Guardian reports. Nasrin, ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

He's hot, he's best-selling, and he's dead

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times has an article about the posthumous career of Robert Ludlum, the spy novelist who died six years ago but whose name keeps turning up on new books. Back when he was ... Read More »

August 1, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Craig Davidson: still fighting

By Leigh Anne Williams

You might remember a certain boxing match last fall between Craig Davidson, author of The Fighter, and poet Michael Knox. Well, Davidson's book was just published in the U.S., and this week he fought again ... Read More »

July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Metric singer publishes book of her father's writing

By Nathan Whitlock

This is a big week for Metric singer Emily Haines. She is releasing her second EP with the band Soft Skeleton, What is Free to a Good Home? as well as a book: a collection ... Read More »

July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Coupland's art takes cover

By Nathan Whitlock

Douglas Coupland is opening an art exhibit, aptly named The Penguins, in Toronto tomorrow, which features collages he has created with old covers of Penguin paperbacks. The show is the first of several he is ... Read More »

July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Could Austen find a publisher today?

By Nathan Whitlock

David Lassman, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, who has had difficulty finding a publisher for a novel he has written, wondered what kind of reception Austen's novels might get from publishers ... Read More »

July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

U.S. sanctions stall preservation of Hemingway's home

By Nathan Whitlock

U.S. sanctions against Cuba are hindering efforts to restore Ernest Hemingway's home there, The Guardian reports. His Cuban estate, known as Finca Vigia (Lookout Farm), is already a museum that has been partially restored with ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Sara Gruen's big payday

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times has an article about author Sara Gruen, who scored a $5-million advance from new Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau for her next two books. That's because her most recent novel, ... Read More »

July 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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