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The birth of comedy

There's nothing new under the sun, especially in the hackneyed world of comedy. As the BBC reports, a book containing jokes that date back to the 4th century BC riffs on such shopworn topics as ... Read More »

November 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

147 authors up for the Impac Dublin Prize

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The longlist for the richest award for writing in English has been announced. And the longlist is, in fact, long, with 147 authors in contention for the 2009 Impac Dublin prize of £100,000. From the ... Read More »

November 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Libraries

CPYT is for Charles Pachter on YouTube

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Cormorant Books has posted a video from Cormorant Films (which, as the disclaimer notes, does not actually exist ... yet) of M Is For Moose author Charles Pachter reading Further Arrivals by Margaret Atwood, which ... Read More »

November 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

A book with weighty material

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In December, Michaelangelo: La Dotta Mano will be on display at the New York Public Library. The book in question weighs 61 pounds and is 18 x 28 inches. From The Los Angeles Times: "La ... Read More »

November 12, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

An uncertain holiday season for the book industry

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The holiday season is upon us, with Christmas six weeks (count 'em, folks) away, and Motoko Rich writes in The New York Times that U.S. booksellers and publishers are bracing for a difficult quarter: Leonard ... Read More »

November 11, 2008 | Filed under: Deals, Industry news

Bookmarks: Giller madness, remembering the fallen, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize will be awarded tonight in Toronto. Who will win, and why? A rundown of the literary award (The Globe and Mail) Other awards can learn from the Gillers (The Vancouver ... Read More »

November 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

By Steven W. Beattie

In preparation for tomorrow's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala award ceremony, the National Post has recruited a cadre of industry insiders, authors, and commentators for a special online roundtable about literary awards and their effects on ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Publishers cool on the notion of George W. Bush memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Soon-to-be-ex American president George W. Bush is contemplating a memoir of his eight years spent screwing up the country in power, but publishers are not champing at the bit to take it on. According to ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

By Stuart Woods

Some book-related links: Noble laureate Jean-Marie Le Clézio faces the inevitable backlash Five poets write The New York Times op-ed page A scandalous novel by Kerouac and Burroughs sees the light of day (excerpted here) ... Read More »

November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian director tackles Midnight’s Children

By Stuart Woods

The Indian-born Canadian film director Deepa Mehta is set to adapt Salman Rushdie's masterpiece Midnight's Children, which was twice selected as the best-ever Booker Prize winner. The Guardian reports: Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie's panoramic 1981 ... Read More »

November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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The birth of comedy

147 authors up for the Impac Dublin Prize

CPYT is for Charles Pachter on YouTube

A book with weighty material

An uncertain holiday season for the book industry

Bookmarks: Giller madness, remembering the fallen, and more

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

Publishers cool on the notion of George W. Bush memoir

Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

Canadian director tackles Midnight’s Children

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