Recent Commonwealth Prize winner Lawrence Hill has an essay/review on black writing in the latest issue of Bookforum. Writing about the books his daughters are required to read in school, he notes that "one and ... Read More »
Some book-related links: Maine owner of POD company sues Amazon (Bangor News) Writers and booze “ like peanut butter and jam? (Amherst Bulletin) Library employee accused of embezzling (Chicago Tribune) Methodist ministers attempt to block ... Read More »
May 26, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Salon's two chief literary critics, Laura Miller and Louis Bayard, have posted a lengthy discussion about the state of literary criticism in North America, which begins with the following question: in the age of blogging, ... Read More »
May 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Over the past week, the Toronto District School Board's decision to pull Barbara Coloroso's Extraordinary Evil from a Grade 11 course has continued to draw criticism from the literary community. Yesterday, Coloroso's publisher “ Penguin ... Read More »
May 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
The long-planned statue of poet Al Purdy was unveiled in Queen's Park in Toronto yesterday with much brouhaha and clicking of cameras. The statue is the brainchild of Scott Griffin, who enlisted the help of ... Read More »
A replacement for Peter Olson, who recently stepped down “ or was pushed, depending on who you talk to “ from his post as Random House U.S. CEO, has been found. The New York Times ... Read More »
May 20, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
Seriously. The story is that Terry's brother Darrell asked Coupland “ who put together a book-length tribute, Terry, in 2005 “ to keep an eye out for the van, which most people had lost track ... Read More »
May 20, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
All week, Slate has been running a series of articles on the topic of procrastination, and Jessica Winter has contributed a compelling piece about authors who were famous procrastinators, notably Truman Capote and Ralph Ellison. ... Read More »
May 16, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
The 61st annual Cannes Film Festival kicked off this week, and there is going to be a little bit of CanLit content in the mix. Director Justin Simms is making his feature debut there with ... Read More »
May 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Check out these publishing industry jobs: Online & Bibliographic Information Manager - Firefly Books Ltd. (Richmond Hill) Managing Editor - Annick Press Ltd. (Toronto, ON) Developmental Editor, ESL Department - Oxford University Press (Don Mills, ... Read More »
May 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
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