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GÃ¼nter Grass steps into the ring for his HMH editor

One of the most surprising casualties of last month's carnage-strewn Black Wednesday was legendary 79-year-old editor Drenka Willen, who was coolly laid off from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt after nearly 30 years with the firm (as ... Read More »

January 9, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Hey kids! Wanna read about America’s president-elect?

By Nathan Whitlock

Well now you can! For real? Yes you can. Oh, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Laura Bush signs memoir deal

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Wall Street Journal, outgoing U.S. First Lady Laura Bush has just signed a deal with Scribner for a memoir of her time in the White House, which should hit the streets sometime ... Read More »

January 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Kids’ books with the added value of gaming

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report by the BBC, Oxford University Press has created a new series of picture books “ branded Project X “ that attempt to appeal to young boys by mimicking the look of ... Read More »

January 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

CTV adapts Spalding’s Who Named the Knife?

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

On Jan. 7, CTV will air Of Murder and Memory, a fictionalized adaptation of Linda Spalding's 2006 true crime memoir Who Named the Knife? Spalding's book centres on the trial of Maryann Acker, who was ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

NY publishers’ descent from the high life

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In the New York Times, Motoko Rich looks at the dying glitz and glam of the publishing world, which, according to Rich, once "came with a milieu that mixed cultural swagger with pure Manhattan high ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Surprise! Fairy tales are not PC

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

According to an article in the Telegraph, a poll of 3,000 British parents found that parents are refusing to read "traditional" fairy tales to their children because they fear their kids will be "emotionally damaged." ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Two Canadian novels on Richard & Judy’s list for 2009

By Steven W. Beattie

It's not quite Oprah, but in the U.K. it's the closest thing there is. Television celebrities Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are the hosts of Britain's wildly popular Richard and Judy's Book Club, and this ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

2008 by the numbers

By Steven W. Beattie

The world may be in the grip of a global recession, but that hasn't stopped some people from spending profligate amounts online for individual books. According to AbeBooks.com's list of most expensive books sold in ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Remembering those who passed

By Steven W. Beattie

The year end is a time for remarking significant events of the past 12 months, and Quillblog would be remiss not to recall some of the major international literary figures who shuffled off this mortal ... Read More »

December 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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GÃ¼nter Grass steps into the ring for his HMH editor

Hey kids! Wanna read about America’s president-elect?

Laura Bush signs memoir deal

Kids’ books with the added value of gaming

CTV adapts Spalding’s Who Named the Knife?

NY publishers’ descent from the high life

Surprise! Fairy tales are not PC

Two Canadian novels on Richard & Judy’s list for 2009

2008 by the numbers

Remembering those who passed

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