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No more bubble envelopes

New books are not particularly fragile. Everyone knows that. In fact, that's one of the big reasons why paper-and-ink texts are still preferred by such a wide margin over breakable, expensive-to-replace e-books and e-readers. So ... Read More »

February 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Natalie Portman to adapt Amos Oz

By Scott MacDonald

Possibly encouraged by Sarah Polley's Academy Award-nominated Alice Munro adaptation Away from Her, fellow starlet Natalie Portman has decided to helm her own classy literary adaptation, in this case of a work by Israeli author ... Read More »

February 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bigshot Hollywood director films book trailer

By Scott MacDonald

According to Entertainment Weekly, Charlie's Angels director McG has created three teaser spots for a kinda trashy-looking book called Celebutante. [...] it's a Hollywood satire [...] by Amanda Goldberg (daughter of film producer Leonard Goldberg) ... Read More »

February 1, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

By Stuart Woods

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's life has been threatened “ not for the first time “ by "an ultra-nationalist gang," reports The Guardian. According to reports in the Turkish press, the author of international bestsellers including ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

New York writers have more fun

By Stuart Woods

Most young writers can only dream of the buzz being generated by Beautiful Children (John Murray/McArthur & Company), the debut novel of Las Vegas-born, Manhattan-based author Charles Bock. In a lengthy profile in last weekend's ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Irene Nemirovsky a fraud?

By Nathan Whitlock

Hey, we didn't say it “ but Ruth Franklin does in The New Republic. That and more. From the article: If any reader still managed to pick up Suite Francaise without knowing that the book's ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Thou shalt not kill (except on Earth 2 and Earth 5-C)

By Scott MacDonald

The comics world is abuzz with rumours that current Astonishing X-Men writer Joss Whedon plans to kill off fan favourite character Kitty Pryde at the end of his run. This has got Brian Cronin, a ... Read More »

January 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Whither Dan Brown?

By Scott MacDonald

It's been five years now since Dan Brown's insanely popular The Da Vinci Code was published, and a lot of publishing industry types are getting antsy waiting for the follow-up, which is purported to be ... Read More »

January 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Burmese poet arrested for “hidden message”

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Guardian: A Burmese author known for his love poetry has been arrested after penning a Valentine's Day verse carrying a hidden message about the leader of the country's military junta, Senior General Than ... Read More »

January 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Golden Compass back on the shelves in Calgary

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Calgary Herald: After a hiatus from library shelves, a controversial novel is being welcomed back into Calgary Catholic School District schools. The Golden Compass, a decade-old novel by Philip Pullman, was pulled from ... Read More »

January 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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