Quill and Quire

Authors

Promoting Pynchon

With Thomas Pynchon's first new novel in nine years, Against the Day, set for release, Time looks at the challenge facing his publisher, Penguin: "How do you market a book written by a publicity-shy author?" ... Read More »

October 26, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

IFOA authors pick their faves

By Leigh Anne Williams

Harbourfront's International Festival of Authors has officially kicked off, and the Toronto Life website is marking the occasion with "Reader's Choice," a feature in which six authors who are appearing at the fest list some ... Read More »

October 19, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Frey speaks, selectively

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case anyone missed it, James Frey has spoken in-depth to a reporter – Laura Barton, writing for The Guardian – for the first time since the massive controversy over his Oprah-anointed but exaggerated "memoir," ... Read More »

September 21, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Frey's money-back guarantee

By Nathan Whitlock

The New York Times confirms a story that appeared on Radaronline.com earlier this week that "James Frey, the author who admitted making up portions of his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, and his publisher, ... Read More »

September 8, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Is CanLit edgy?

By Nathan Whitlock

A story in The Toronto Star asks whether contemporary Canadian literature is or isn't "anti-urban and anti-modern in spirit, and inimical to experimental writers" – like Douglas Coupland, who sparked the debate with an online ... Read More »

August 25, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Industry news, Opinion

More on GraSS

By Cassandra Drudi

The fallout from Gunther Grass's SS confessions continues to fly fast and furious, with everyone throwing their two cents at the man, hoping to gouge out an eye or at least chip a tooth. Bookninja ... Read More »

August 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Opinion

Second time might not be the charm

By Cassandra Drudi

Newsday delves into the perilous world of the second-novel curse, with many wonderful stories from big-name authors' navigating the high-stakes world of Novel #2 (and beyond). Highlights include Amy Tan getting hit with "How does ... Read More »

August 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

A novelist brings the funny onstage

By Leigh Anne Williams

Scottish novelist A.L. Kennedy is trying a new line of work -- standup comedy. In a piece for The Guardian, she writes about her "evenings in murky basements trying to make people laugh" over the ... Read More »

August 10, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Fear of Toronto fiction

By Leigh Anne Williams

To mark its (final) Summer Fiction issue, Toronto Life is running a web-only roundtable discussion with three Toronto authors: Shyam Selvadurai, Sheila Heti, and Andrew Pyper. The subject is "Toronto literature," and a couple of ... Read More »

July 20, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Wither and die

By Leigh Anne Williams

Francine Prose, whom Quillblog likes a lot, has a new book out called Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them. There's an online-only ... Read More »

July 20, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Prev 50 515253 54....56 57 Next

Job Board