Hollywood producer turned writer Dominick Dunne passed away yesterday at his home in Manhattan after a battle with bladder cancer. He was 83. Dunne was famous for his five best-selling novels that centred on scandal ... Read More »
In advance of the 30th anniversary of the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors (IFOA XXX) this October, Authors at Harbourfront has announced the first group of events for the fall season, featuring on-stage interviews, readings, ... Read More »
Earlier this week, The Sunday Times ran a lengthy interview with novelist Sebastian Faulks in which he had this to say about the Koran: It's a depressing book. It really is. It's just the rantings ... Read More »
August 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: The catalogue pages for disgraced U.S. Governor Mark "Appalachia by way of Argentina" Sanford's (cancelled) book Meth ring uses rare comic books to launder drug money (I knew there was something wrong ... Read More »
August 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
A recent report from the Cleantech Group analyzed the environmental impact of traditional publishing as measured against e-book publishing, and declared the latter to be the clear winner on environmental grounds. Calling the publishing industry ... Read More »
August 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
As if to prove that the sanctimony of the anti-smoking movement knows no bounds whatsoever, the local council in Richmond, England, home of the Book Now festival, has objected to a publicity photograph of Lynn ... Read More »
August 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
In yet another sign of financial turmoil, Random House parent company Bertelsmann has cancelled its annual Frankfurt Book Fair soiree “ long a staple of the fall publishing calendar, and the one Frankfurt party everyone ... Read More »
Some book-related links: Where the Brooklyn Public Library hides the offensive books William Golding was not the lord of his own fly Travels in Alice Munro country How John Grisham helped free the Norfolk Four ... Read More »
Perhaps feeling, as many authors do, that he doesn't get out of the house enough, Alain de Botton is currently serving as Heathrow Airport's first-ever writer-in-residence. All this week he is sitting in Heathrow's new ... Read More »
August 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
On his Guardian blog Digital Rights, Digital Wrongs, sci-fi author Cory Doctorow argues the case for releasing free e-books simultaneously with print editions. (Doctorow does this himself through the use of Creative Commons licences.) A ... Read More »
August 18, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news
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