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Death to Harry Potter! Well, maybe… Okay, probably not…

The CBC was trumpeting the news yesterday that two key characters are going to be offed come the newest installment of the bespectacled moppet's adventures. They reported that an interview broadcast on Monday on Britain's ... Read More »

June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

By Cassandra Drudi

Or astrophysics, for that matter. Theoretical physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking is going to put his magnificent super-brain to writing a children's book, according to the Guardian. During a lecture in Hong Kong yesterday, Hawking ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

The Graduate author graduates to a sequel… 40 years later

By Cassandra Drudi

Sure, we gripe about the gaps between our fave authors masterpieces, but few can come close to the four decades The Graduate author Charles Webb has made us endure, waiting to find out what happened ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Henighan on the LongPen

By Leigh Anne Williams

Margaret Atwood's LongPen is set to wow crowds at BookExpo America in a couple of weeks, but at least one commentator is unconvinced of its appeal. Author Stephen Henighan attended the failed test signing at ... Read More »

May 4, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Second-novel success, or sophomore jinx?

By Leigh Anne Williams

With Charles Frazier's second novel, Thirteen Moons, now scheduled for an October release, The New York Times takes a look at the considerable expectations the book will face. Frazier's 1997 debut, Cold Mountain, was a ... Read More »

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

Might is right

By Scott MacDonald

In what appears to be an attempt to keep a lid on the pot of global warming, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has barred Mark Tushingham, a scientist for Environment Canada and the author of the ... Read More »

April 18, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Beckettmania

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's the 100th anniversary of Samuel Beckett's birth today, and the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating with a website called "Fathoms from Anywhere: A Samuel Beckett Centenary Exhibition." Based on a 1984 non-virtual ... Read More »

April 13, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

By Scott MacDonald

The world just can't seem to leave its wealthiest conspiracy theorist alone. The latest incident in the Da Vinci Code money grab sees Mikhail Anikin, a Russian art historian, vying for a public apology and ... Read More »

April 12, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Only on public television

By Scott MacDonald

Those who feel that their TVs are a little starved of bookish Canadian content will take comfort in two upcoming broadcasts. Tomorrow night, TVO's interview program, Person 2 Person, will feature an hour-long interview with ... Read More »

April 4, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

A book for every year

By Scott MacDonald

In Saturday's Globe and Mail Tralee Pearce wrote about a trend that seems to be taking some publishers by storm: books inspired by the events of a single year. The concept clearly lends itself well ... Read More »

March 29, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

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