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Bloomsbury to invest in U.S. expansion

Expecting a reported surplus of approximately £50-million ($107-million CAD) by the end of this year, Bloomsbury hopes to reinvest the funds into U.S. expansion, a priority in recent years for the British publisher. Among Bloomsbury's ... Read More »

September 16, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Next up: a cure for gullibility

By Scott MacDonald

In an astonishing case, a medical self-help book by a former used-car salesman with no medical training and a long list of fraud charges is holding a high position on North American bestsellers lists, including ... Read More »

September 16, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Genre-crossing inflames critics

By Scott MacDonald

Two stories report on literary adaptations: from film versions of books to the much stranger phenomenon of video-game novels.In the Washington Post, film critic Stephen Hunter discusses the merits and pitfalls of book-to-film adaptations from ... Read More »

September 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

The Paris Review undergoes restructuring

By Scott MacDonald

Renowned for its support of emerging writers, one of America's most prestigious literary journals, The Paris Review, has undergone a facelift. Under the new command of Philip Gourevitch, a non-fiction author and writer for The ... Read More »

September 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Salon serializes Doctorow novella

By Scott MacDonald

Today, Salon.com unveiled the first of 10 installments of Cory Doctorow's new novella, Themepunks. Born and raised in Toronto, Doctorow, an acclaimed science fiction writer, has made all of his books available for free download, ... Read More »

September 12, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Booker shortlist announced

By Scott MacDonald

In a year that saw landmark books written by the big names of British fiction -- Rushdie, Barnes, Coetzee, McEwan, and Ali and Zadie Smith to name a few -- the big question preceding this ... Read More »

September 9, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Sonnets, ghazals, and glosas, oh my!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Over on Bookninja.com, there's a lively discussion about the renewal of interest in form among Canadian poets. Contributing to the "essay-in-conversation" are poets Ian LeTourneau and John Lofranco, and their back-and-forth ranges over the work ... Read More »

September 6, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

We take people like you out of here in leg irons

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The Washington Post, Miami novelist Diana Abu-Jaber recounts a long wait at her home city's airport after her surname turns up on a watch list. "After an hour and a half, I pulled my ... Read More »

September 6, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Down with the establishment

By Leigh Anne Williams

On Good Reports, Alex Good takes a swipe at several established writers and pans critics who don't pan them. But he does have some kind words for critics who haven't been afraid to take down ... Read More »

August 31, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

The wit and wisdom of Warren Kinsella

By Leigh Anne Williams

One thing the blog explosion's done is give authors who feel they've been wronged by reviews the chance to vent in public. And Warren Kinsella, the political strategist who's just released a history of punk ... Read More »

August 30, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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