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Broken Pencil’s indie deathmatch

Broken Pencil magazine is once again inviting writers to "sharpen those quills" and enter a deathmatch -- of fiction. In the magazine's second annual Indie Writers Deathmatch, editors will choose the top eight stories from ... Read More »

December 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not star the young wizard from Hogwarts, but J.K. Rowling's latest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, has become the fastest-selling title of 2008. According to Reuters (by way of the National ... Read More »

December 17, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Paying writers not to write

By Steven W. Beattie

What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? An excellent start. Okay, that's an old joke, but it's indicative of a feeling in the general populace that folks in the legal ... Read More »

December 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Economic downturn edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Canada's Sun Media is cutting 600 jobs in Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada -- about 10 percent of the workforce (CBCnews.ca) Amazon U.K. employees are being forced to work seven days a week; they are given ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

James Frey, Bible-writer

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In an attempt to extend his already overextended 15 minutes of fame, James Frey will be putting his factual-fictive writing style to use to write the third book of the Bible. From the Guardian: "It's ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

The bad news continues for U.S. publishers

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Black Wednesday saw three of the largest U.S. publishers announce massive layoffs and restructuring, and it seems there will be no end to these types of changes as the economy continues to spiral downward. Macmillan, ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

My nine-year-old could write that

By Steven W. Beattie

Alec Greven, the nine-year-old Colorado author of How to Talk to Girls, is now a bona fide media star, thanks to an appearance on the Ellen show and our culture's seemingly insatiable desire for a ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Poetry awards and conflict of interest (not what you think…)

By Steven W. Beattie

Apparently, Canada isn't the only place where poets get their dander up about awards and perceived conflict of interest. The New York Times' Paper Cuts blog points out a particularly vitriolic exchange in the Telegraph ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

The search for the next J.K. Rowling

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In The Independent, Nicholas Tucker writes that the search is on for a J.K Rowling for the new generation. He says currently published children's writers won't hit the mark (not even Stephenie Meyer and her ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

James Frey was an intern for a day at Gawker.com. Readers were invited to post questions for him -- Oprah jokes and inquiries about his fact-checking process ensued What's your seasonal reading pattern? Molly Flatt ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

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Broken Pencil’s indie deathmatch

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

Paying writers not to write

Bookmarks: Economic downturn edition

James Frey, Bible-writer

The bad news continues for U.S. publishers

My nine-year-old could write that

Poetry awards and conflict of interest (not what you think…)

The search for the next J.K. Rowling

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

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