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Bookmarks: R. Crumb’s Genesis and a double helping of George Orwell

Sundry links from around the web: Underground comics artist Robert Crumb (Fritz the Cat) has completed his take on the Book of Genesis. To the surprise of no one, publishing execs are not immune to ... Read More »

March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The IMDB of publishing?

By Eric Emin Wood

The Los Angeles Times reports on a beta website, filedbyauthor.com, which aims to create Web pages (1.8 million so far) for just about every author who's ever existed, including a bio, links, and a list ... Read More »

March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Apparently, you can judge a book by its cover…

By Eric Emin Wood

...Or at least by its title. The Bookseller magazine has announced its "winner" of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year: The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-Milligram Containers of Fromage Frais. The book in ... Read More »

March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the planet's bestselling authors, J.K. "I'll kick Stephenie Meyer's ass" Rowling and John Grisham, are among several authors whose books have apparently been illegally uploaded to a San Francisco-based website that promotes itself ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Jacob McArthur Mooney wins Harbourfront’s Poetry Idol

By Steven W. Beattie

Last Wednesday, Authors at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto sponsored an open stage poetry smackdown at which 20 poets under the age of 35 were invited to read their poetry in front of an audience and ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto set to drown in Joy Fielding novels

By Scott MacDonald

This weekend, Doubleday Canada will be mounting one of the most elaborate “ and crazy? “ sounding book promotions we've ever heard of. According to a press release the company sent out today, it has ... Read More »

March 27, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

New tax credits for publishers in Ontario budget

By Scott MacDonald

For people in the book biz, the big news out of yesterday's Ontario budget announcement was that books are exempt from the new harmonized sales tax. There were also, however, a few tweaks worth noting ... Read More »

March 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

PEN World Voices lineup announced in New York

By Stuart Woods

The lineup has just been announced for this year's PEN World Voices Festival, being held in New York from April 27 to May 3. This year's theme is Evolution/Revolution, and participants will include high-profile authors ... Read More »

March 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Tweets for literary peeps

By Stuart Woods

Today has been a big day for Twitter. (OK, lately every day seems like a big day for Twitter.) Over at The Globe and Mail, columnist Ian Brown conducted a live Twitter conversation over lunch, ... Read More »

March 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Hot Docs meets CanLit

By Stuart Woods

Hot Docs, the annual documentary film fest in Tornto, has released its spring lineup of 150 films. A couple of films with CanLit tie-ins have caught Quillblog's attention: Inside Hana's Suitcase tells the story behind ... Read More »

March 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Bookmarks: R. Crumb’s Genesis and a double helping of George Orwell

The IMDB of publishing?

Apparently, you can judge a book by its cover…

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

Jacob McArthur Mooney wins Harbourfront’s Poetry Idol

Toronto set to drown in Joy Fielding novels

New tax credits for publishers in Ontario budget

PEN World Voices lineup announced in New York

Tweets for literary peeps

Hot Docs meets CanLit

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