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Barack rising

More good news for Democrats in the U.S. -- Barack Obama's new book, The Audacity of Hope, is a blockbuster #1 hit. The New York Times reports that the Illinois senator has so far sold ... Read More »

November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Lost Girls to be found in Canada

By Leigh Anne Williams

Our short national nightmare is over: Canada Customs has decided that Alan Moore's controversial graphic novel Lost Girls is not actual porn, just pornish.As BlogTO reported last week, Customs had initially barred the book, which ... Read More »

November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Words Worth blogs it up

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Waterloo, Ontario, indie store Words Worth Books is the latest to join the blogosphere. "How to Furnish a Room" is mostly maintained by Words Worth staffer Dave Worsley, and so far he's offered thoughts ... Read More »

November 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The book Nancy Huston's fighting to publish

By Leigh Anne Williams

Canadian-born author Nancy Huston may have won the Prix Femina in France for her novel Lignes de faille, but she's apparently having trouble getting it published in English. The Globe and Mail reports that the ... Read More »

November 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Somebody's watching

By Leigh Anne Williams

Attention Toronto public-transit riders: put away those escapist magazines and dust off those copies of Ulysses -- you're being watched."Seen Reading" is a blog created by Toronto's Julie Wilson, who takes note of what people ... Read More »

November 2, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Justin Trudeau to host the Giller gala

By Nathan Whitlock

CTV announced yesterday that Justin Trudeau would host this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize awards night. "I've always been a fan of Canadian literature," declared Trudeau. "I think it's important that we celebrate and highlight the ... Read More »

October 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian author on Jeopardy!

By Nathan Whitlock

Please note, that's on Jeopardy! not in jeopardy. (Newfoundland author Michael Winter's recent fall into an incinerator is enough death-defying danger for one week's headlines.) YA author Gillian Chan's appearance on the popular game show ... Read More »

October 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Promoting Pynchon

By Leigh Anne Williams

With Thomas Pynchon's first new novel in nine years, Against the Day, set for release, Time looks at the challenge facing his publisher, Penguin: "How do you market a book written by a publicity-shy author?" ... Read More »

October 26, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Raging bull

By Leigh Anne Williams

The most talked-about book launch of the season has apparently left a rather sour taste in the mouth of Craig Davidson. The Penguin Canada author, you'll remember, stepped into the boxing ring early this month, ... Read More »

October 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Spoils of the fall

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times reports, a little breathlessly, on the busy fall book season in the U.S., with "a traffic jam of big-name authors unleashing top-drawer books." Bookstore shelves are crammed with new books by ... Read More »

October 19, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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