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Publishers scramble to avoid the coming Dan Brown tsunami

Hollywood has made determining a film's release date into a science. You don't want to release a quirky little independent film opposite the new Transformers sequel because you'll get crushed. Similarly, publishers are eyeing Sept. ... Read More »

August 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood: poet, novelist, blogger?

By Steven W. Beattie

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author with a book to promote will be in want of a blog. We just never suspected that the author in question would be Margaret Atwood. It ... Read More »

August 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Here a tweet, there a tweet …

By Steven W. Beattie

News broke last week that Margaret Atwood is on Twitter. This is not entirely surprising; Atwood has a new novel coming out that needs promoting, and she's shown through her LongPen robo-hand device for remote ... Read More »

August 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian Connections

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: Canadian connections found in The Time Traveler's Wife include actors Rachel McAdams as Claire Tabshire and actress Fiona Reid as Lucille Abshire; film locations in Toronto, Hamilton and Scugog Township; and one ... Read More »

August 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

To Kill a Mockingbird yanked at Brampton high school

By Nathan Whitlock

Here we go again. From the Toronto Star: The classic literary novel To Kill a Mockingbird is being pulled from the Grade 10 English course at a Brampton high school after a parent complained about ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin has adapted The Time Traveler's Wife for the silver screen. His previous writing projects including Ghost, for which he won the Academy Award for best screenplay, Deep Impact ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Pepsi says books make Americans happy

By Suzanne Gardner

Your glass half-full news for the day: Results from the second annual survey conducted by the Pepsi Optimism Project (yes, the acronym is POP) conclude that Americans are more optimistic about their personal relationships, health, ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Memo to Yann Martel: Now THAT’s how it’s done

By Steven W. Beattie

Dedicated readers of Quillblog (among others) are no doubt aware of Yann Martel's painfully earnest campaign to get Prime Minister Stephen Harper to inject a little stillness into his life. Every two weeks for the ... Read More »

August 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bloomsbury’s Larbalestier cover is a little white lie

By Steven W. Beattie

Graphic designers are often hesitant to put human faces on book covers for fear of inappropriately influencing a reader's imaginative response to a given character. If a designer does use a human face, it's usually ... Read More »

August 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Crossing Genres from Science Fiction to Romance

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: According to Librarything.com, The Time Traveler's Wife is the most tagged book in reference to time travel. Crossing genres from science fiction to romance, this novel joins a category that includes The ... Read More »

August 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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