Sundry links from around the Web: A British hamlet opens a paper recycling mill that, among other things, will specialize in pulping ... Read More »
May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Tomorrow, May 2, is the eighth annual Free Comic Book Day “ the best day of the year for comic book fans. Participating comic book shops across the country will be offering a selection of ... Read More »
May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
In 1996, Harold Brodkey published This Wild Darkness, a slim volume describing, in often painful detail, his physical deterioration from AIDS. Portions of his journal from this period remain online, and provide starkly honest insights ... Read More »
April 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
As if the PEN/Faulkner award weren't enough, Joseph O'Neill can now boast that his novel, Netherland, is on Barack Obama's bedside table. In an interview with The New York Times, the American president told David ... Read More »
April 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
A trio of links highlighting printed accounts of art and some of its less-than-stable creators: What Would Keef Do? The New York Times' Paper Cuts blog spotlights a collection of worldly wisdom from the Rolling Stones guitarist. ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
In response to the rallying opposition to the Google Book Search settlement, a federal judge in New York has extended the opt-out deadline, giving authors an additional four months to consider Google's terms. As if that weren't enough, the ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
A more organized opposition to the Google Book Search settlement is beginning to emerge in advance of the fast-approaching May 5 opt-out deadline. (For more details on the settlement, see here.) Last week, a small ... Read More »
April 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Wayson Choy chats with an admirer at an event last week at ... Read More »
April 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Sundry links from around the Web: It looks like Shortcovers, Indigo's downloadable e-book application for mobile devices, has some new competition: Lexycycle, the start-up behind the popular iPhone e-book reader Stanza, has been acquired by ... Read More »
April 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Quillblog readers who will be in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, are cordially invited to attend a party in honour of Q&Q's late editor, Derek Weiler. The event, which is being generously hosted by Pages ... Read More »
April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
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