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The science of sales?

It's the holy grail for the book industry -- empirical scientific data on just what makes a bestseller a bestseller. This Science Daily article tells of a study by "UCLA physicist and complex systems theorist ... Read More »

December 6, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

When printing goes wrong

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's a tale of production specs and hurt feelings. Megan Kelso put together Scheherazade, an anthology of female cartoonists for the New York City indie Soft Skull Press (which, though it's a propos of nothing ... Read More »

November 29, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Poetry: can you give it away?

By Leigh Anne Williams

In Vancouver's The Tyee, Fiona Lam writes about her part in the Random Acts of Poetry campaign, in which poets in cities across the country approach strangers and offer to read from their work. Unfortunately, ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

More award controversy: jury-nominee connections exposed

By Leigh Anne Williams

There was a lot of attention paid to author André Alexis's decision to step down from the Governor General's fiction jury over a personal conflict (assumed to involve Catherine Bush's novel Claire's Head), but he ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Taking the pulse of online fiction

By Leigh Anne Williams

The online litmag The Danforth Review has a long look at the boom in online short fiction. TDR's Corin Cummings conducts brief interviews with the editors of a handful of websites -- from Pindeldyboz's Shauna ... Read More »

November 8, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Talking CanLit sex in Vancouver

By Leigh Anne Williams

With another Vancouver International Writers Festival come and gone, The Georgia Straight runs down the highlights of the various readings, interviews, and panel discussions. For example, at a CBC Radio panel, fiction writer Natalee Caple ... Read More »

November 8, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Martel's next move

By Leigh Anne Williams

Two years after conquering the Man Booker Prize and the Canadian retail market, Life of Pi author Yann Martel is set to unveil a follow-up. Not fiction, mind you -- Martel has now tried his ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

In fear of the cultural department store

By Leigh Anne Williams

Heather Reisman's comments at that Indigo annual general meeting a few weeks back continue to reverberate in the books community; now the Dooney's Café website has posted some belated reaction. Dooney's writer Gordon Lockheed argues ... Read More »

October 25, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Berton's got the munchies

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's probably safe to say that few readers of august CanLit legend Pierre Berton have ever imagined him giggling away while watching The Wizard of Oz and simultaneously listening to Dark Side of the Moon. ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

In search of the city

By Leigh Anne Williams

In his Geist column, author and literary critic Stephen Henighan laments the fact that CanLit has largely turned itself away from the subject of city life. Citing the growing importance of film as well as ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

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