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Books on film

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A quick roundup of newly announced book-to-film adaptations: A new adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is set to hit the screen after a long struggle with Huxley's estate. Leonardo DiCaprio will star and ... Read More »

March 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Writing Toronto

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The latest issue of Open Book: Toronto has a couple of articles on writing about Toronto. The first piece describes the inspiration provided by the city, the second describes the perspiration involved. Torontoist's Kevin Plummer ... Read More »

March 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Web fiction

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Penguin has just launched We Tell Stories, a series of online digital fiction, in collaboration with alternate reality game designers Six to Start. They've asked six authors to try to harness the capabilities of the ... Read More »

March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Penguin offers sneak peeks

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Penguin is now offering free downloads of the first chapter of many of its new releases, including titles such as Marina Lewycka's Two Caravans and Janet Evanovich's Plum Lovin'. Colin Brush, senior copywriter at Penguin, ... Read More »

March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Is that me in your book?

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Most people understand there is an occupational hazard implicit in knowing/meeting/befriending/being related to/marrying a fiction writer. There is always the risk of ending up a character in that writer's work, and nine times out of ... Read More »

March 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news