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Suicide is painful

How-to books on the subject of suicide don't seem to be welcome in New Zealand. The Australian author and assisted-suicide advocate Philip Nitschke was detained by authorities in a New Zealand airport earlier this week, ... Read More »

February 1, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Robert Weaver remembered

By Scott MacDonald

An industry tribute to the late Robert Weaver, who died last Saturday at the age of 87, was held in Toronto's Massey College last night (see photo below). Though it was a small, closed gathering, ... Read More »

January 31, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Event Photos: A Golden Age and The Donut: A Canadian History

By Nathan Whitlock

Below are two photos from two recent events. Though both events were hosted by This Is Not a Reading Series and held at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel, you may detect some subtle differences between the two ... Read More »

January 30, 2008 | Filed under: Events

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

By Stuart Woods

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's life has been threatened “ not for the first time “ by "an ultra-nationalist gang," reports The Guardian. According to reports in the Turkish press, the author of international bestsellers including ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The shape of indie bookstores to come

By Stuart Woods

A Brooklyn woman has won $15,000 in start-up cash from the Brooklyn Public Library for her design of an independent neighbourhood bookstore. Her plan is so crazy it just might work: "a small bookstore with ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

New York writers have more fun

By Stuart Woods

Most young writers can only dream of the buzz being generated by Beautiful Children (John Murray/McArthur & Company), the debut novel of Las Vegas-born, Manhattan-based author Charles Bock. In a lengthy profile in last weekend's ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Irene Nemirovsky a fraud?

By Nathan Whitlock

Hey, we didn't say it “ but Ruth Franklin does in The New Republic. That and more. From the article: If any reader still managed to pick up Suite Francaise without knowing that the book's ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Judith Regan settles with former bosses

By Nathan Whitlock

Judith Regan may be sleazy, but she's not that sleazy, at least according to Regan's former bosses at News Corporation, the owners of HarperCollins U.S., where Regan had her own imprint. According to Yahoo! News, ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: online shoppers prefer books, kids ought to read, sci-fi space gods are dumb, and other shockingly obvious book news

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Books are tops amongst the world's online shoppers (The Guardian) Apparently, reading is good for kids, so they should do it more (Toronto Star) The dumbest space gods in science fiction (io9) ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Thou shalt not kill (except on Earth 2 and Earth 5-C)

By Scott MacDonald

The comics world is abuzz with rumours that current Astonishing X-Men writer Joss Whedon plans to kill off fan favourite character Kitty Pryde at the end of his run. This has got Brian Cronin, a ... Read More »

January 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Suicide is painful

Robert Weaver remembered

Event Photos: A Golden Age and The Donut: A Canadian History

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

The shape of indie bookstores to come

New York writers have more fun

Irene Nemirovsky a fraud?

Judith Regan settles with former bosses

Bookmarks: online shoppers prefer books, kids ought to read, sci-fi space gods are dumb, and other shockingly obvious book news

Thou shalt not kill (except on Earth 2 and Earth 5-C)

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