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Tina Fey’s book deal

Tina Fey is planning to add "author" to her list of accomplishments. The Emmy-award-winning actress and Sarah Palin impersonator has inked a U.S. $6-million deal with Little, Brown & Co. An article in today's National ... Read More »

October 7, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Drabble feels pressure to dumb down

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Last month, Quillblog featured a blog posting from New York magazine about the end of publishing (question mark). One concern for authors and publishers alike was that the focus had shifted from backing solid literary ... Read More »

October 7, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

What’s Omar Khadr reading?

By Nathan Whitlock

In a Toronto Star article about newly released reports on the life of Omar Khadr, journalist Michelle Shepherd notes that the Canadian Guatanamo Bay detainee "has read Life of Pi" and "loves To Kill a ... Read More »

October 6, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The future of e-readers: the iPhone?

By Stuart Woods

While technology analysts have been touting e-ink “ which mimics the glare-free quality of real ink on a page “ as the breakthrough that could push e-readers into the mainstream, Forbes is reporting that the ... Read More »

October 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

A digested read of Julie Couillard

By Stuart Woods

Over at Maclean's, national affairs correspondent Charlie Gillis is performing a public service of sorts by reading Julie Couillard's tell-all memoir My Story, which hits stores today, and live-blogging his impressions. The verdict so far ... Read More »

October 3, 2008

Event photos: Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award

By Stuart Woods

A small but lively crowd gathered on Wednesday evening at Toronto's swank Drake Hotel for the 2007 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Author Gil Adamson eventually walked away with the $7,500 prize for her ... Read More »

October 2, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Nobel jury head slams U.S. authors

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Guardian, Nobel jury head Horace Engdahl has got a bit of a hate-on for U.S. authors, describing U.S. writing as "insular and ignorant": Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl told ... Read More »

October 1, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Opinion

Diablo Cody on Judy Blume

By Scott MacDonald

In the latest installment of her recurring Entertainment Weekly column, Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody writes “ quite thoughtfully “ about the beloved YA author Judy Blume, and all of the stuff she learned by reading ... Read More »

October 1, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

The New York Sun shuts down

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

After a six-year run, the New York Sun is shutting down. From the New York Times: The Sun's president and editor, Seth Lipsky, said a three-week search for new financial backers had failed. Mr. Lipsky ... Read More »

September 30, 2008

Banned books

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, and their website features lists of frequently challenged books covering various eras on their website. Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale is 37th on the ALA's list of the ... Read More »

September 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Tina Fey’s book deal

Drabble feels pressure to dumb down

What’s Omar Khadr reading?

The future of e-readers: the iPhone?

A digested read of Julie Couillard

Event photos: Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award

Nobel jury head slams U.S. authors

Diablo Cody on Judy Blume

The New York Sun shuts down

Banned books

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