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Fox and HarperCollins consummate relationship today

According to a New York Times article published today, the big 'n scary -- and appropriately vaguely-named -- media conglomerate News Corporation is mating two of the most prized members of its stable today -- ... Read More »

May 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Chinese wordsmith tossed in the pokey

By Cassandra Drudi

After spending the '90s in prison for his outcry against China's curb-stompage of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement, Internet journalist Yang Tianshui has been thrown in jail for his predilection for free speech.He got 12 ... Read More »

May 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Pornhounds can recommend books, too

By Cassandra Drudi

Everyone knows who to consult when it comes to good literature: The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Q&Q… But where does one find sexy book recommendations? Why, Playboy, of course!The venerable ... Read More »

May 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The search is on for Canada's next top poet

By Cassandra Drudi

Can you wield a metaphor with ferocity? Sling stanzas with the best of 'em? Have you won a GG or Griffin or two? Well, you may be in luck, because the hunt is on for ... Read More »

May 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Da Vinci Code trial wraps up

By Scott MacDonald

Hearings for the Dan Brown copyright infringement case wrapped up yesterday, and Sarah Lyall of The New York Times, for her part, thinks she knows who will win. Brown's publisher, Random House, is being sued ... Read More »

March 21, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

On the historical value of a pink plastic belt

By Scott MacDonald

Though her books are some of the more famous YA novels to have been banned in libraries, very few people know of the changes Judy Blume voluntarily made to one of her books in the ... Read More »

March 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Your name imprint

By Scott MacDonald

Addressing the double-edge of book publishing -- the glut of books published and the need for each book to be distinctive -- Julie Annan recently reported on the Telegraph website that now, more than ever, ... Read More »

February 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

One more time with McLaren and Bigge

By Scott MacDonald

In what is hopefully our last entry on the subject, we link to the blog of journalist J. Kelly Nestruck, one of the people who threw in his two cents on the last few days ... Read More »

February 15, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Questioning the relevance of book reviews

By Scott MacDonald

A recently posted piece on TheBookseller.com rekindles an old and widely held contention regarding the effectiveness of reviews in selling books. Granted, the piece has its flaws: it is scattershot and far too brief to ... Read More »

February 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Black bile? Yes, indeed.

By Scott MacDonald

In an essay originally published in his magazine Front & Centre and republished on The Danforth Review, Ottawa writer and Black Bile Press editor Matthew Firth calls for the end of literary prizes and contests ... Read More »

January 24, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Book news, Opinion

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