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Handmaid’s Tale not suitable for teens?

The Toronto public school board is currently reviewing the suitability of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale for use in high school English classes, according to a report in the Toronto Star. The review was instigated ... Read More »

January 16, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Barnes & Noble announces layoffs

By Stuart Woods

The downturn in the U.S. publishing industry is spilling over into the retail sector. After dismal holiday sales, which dipped by 5.2% in the nine-week run-up to Christmas, the beleaguered U.S. retailer Barnes & Noble ... Read More »

January 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ken Follett busted by Kindle

By Scott MacDonald

A technology blogger named Mark Hurst was reading Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth on a Kindle e-reader recently, and made a fascinating discovery. It began when he noticed Follett's repeated use of the phrase ... Read More »

January 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Pages gets new lease on life

By Stuart Woods

Last fall, Q&Q Omni reported that after 30 years at its current Queen Street West location, Toronto's Pages Books & Magazines was slated to move “ or shut down “ when the store's lease expires ... Read More »

January 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

When plagiarism becomes cryptomnesia

By Stuart Woods

First, a fraudulent Holocaust memoir finds new life as a novel. Now, a leading U.S. spiritual author is dodging charges that one of his recent blog posts “ which follows nearly verbatim a decade-old essay ... Read More »

January 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Winnie the Pooh makes a comeback, Dubya wants to write a book, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Winnie the Pooh is back, 80 years after his first published appearance, in the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's 1920s collection Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. (CBC.ca) George W. Bush is planning to ... Read More »

January 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Sawyer’s synchrotron engagement

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Robert J. Sawyer is coming to a synchrotron near you -- if you live in Saskatchewan, that is. In June and July 2009, Sawyer will be writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source, Canada's largest particle ... Read More »

January 13, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

British women writers get down ‘n’ dirty

By Steven W. Beattie

What do Fay Weldon, Kathy Lette, and Louise Doughty have in common with the Marquis de Sade, AnaÃ¯s Nin, and Georges Bataille? Stumped? They've all dipped their ink in the well of pornography. The Times ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Capes and tights save publishing

By Steven W. Beattie

Spider-Man has already saved incoming president Barack Obama; he's now poised to save the entire publishing industry. In the midst of the gigantic economic clusterfuck global financial meltdown at the end of 2008, one segment ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: More layoffs at Random House U.S., the credit crunch, and Richard Price’s behind

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from the Web: More wreckage at Random House U.S.: Pantheon Books publisher Janice Goldklang is laid off after 25 years with the company. How well do you know crime fiction? Take the Ceeb's ... Read More »

January 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

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Handmaid’s Tale not suitable for teens?

Barnes & Noble announces layoffs

Ken Follett busted by Kindle

Pages gets new lease on life

When plagiarism becomes cryptomnesia

Bookmarks: Winnie the Pooh makes a comeback, Dubya wants to write a book, and more

Sawyer’s synchrotron engagement

British women writers get down ‘n’ dirty

Capes and tights save publishing

Bookmarks: More layoffs at Random House U.S., the credit crunch, and Richard Price’s behind

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