The Guardian site has the story of a survey of 500 men on "novels that changed their lives." First, the good news: Fight Club is nowhere to be found on the list, so In Other ... Read More »
April 6, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
Following up on yesterday's post about the fondness of metal bands for epic or romantic poetry, In Other Media would like to point interested readers to an exhaustive list of 50-plus rock & roll novels ... Read More »
April 6, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
In case you missed it, the inaugural Blooker Prizes -- honouring the best of what some in the online community have taken to calling "blooks," or published books that essentially started out as blogs -- ... Read More »
April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
We may chuckle at Metallica's overly dramatic lyrics or snicker at the costumes of Gwar, but metal bands may have more in common with booklovers than might have been originally assumed, according to William Weir ... Read More »
April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
A couple of CanLit authors get the high-visibility profile treatment today. The CBC Arts site has a Q&A with Vancouver's Anosh Irani, whose second novel, The Song of Kahunsha, has just come out with Doubleday ... Read More »
March 30, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley periodically champions "notable and/or neglected books from the past," and his latest selection is none other than Mordecai Richler's St. Urbain's Horseman. "[O]ne of the most important, interesting and ... Read More »
March 30, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
On the eve of the release of his thriller, The Righteous Men, Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland, AKA Sam Bourne, dishes on the origin of some writers' pen names. Known for his political commentary in The ... Read More »
March 29, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
In Saturday's Globe and Mail Tralee Pearce wrote about a trend that seems to be taking some publishers by storm: books inspired by the events of a single year. The concept clearly lends itself well ... Read More »
March 29, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
Should you find yourself in the American Midwest in the next few weeks or on the eastern seaboard in the month of May, be sure to check out a book-themed indie rock band named Harry ... Read More »
March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
Between yesterday and today, at least eight major news sources have reported on the death of Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem. Lem, best known for the novels His Master's Voice and Solaris, which was turned ... Read More »
March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
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