From The Canadian Press: Ribald and X-rated, a new exhibit at France's national library is banned to anyone under 16. The exhibit that opened this week offers a peek at France's long-secret library of libido, ... Read More »
And on it goes: another school board has pulled Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass from its shelves following a parental complaint “ this despite the fact that the book was published more than 10 years ... Read More »
This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales Coordinator, Marketing - The University of Toronto Press (Toronto, ON) Managing Editor - Nimbus Publishing (Halifax, NS) Rights Manager - Kids Can Press (Toronto, ON) Sales/Publicity & Administrative ... Read More »
December 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
The latest news from the annals of text-message lit comes from Japan, where cell-phone novels “ books composed on a cell phone's cramped keyboard and consumed on its tiny screen “ are producing bestsellers, emoticons ... Read More »
December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
Bad news, folks: new technology like the Kindle will enable the greedy, unruly masses to bankrupt the publishing industry as we know it. Glum futurist and TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sounds the death knell on ... Read More »
December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
The latest salvos in the Amis/Eagleton polemic come from the increasingly rancorous novelist himself, who penned an earnest rebuttal in Saturday's Guardian “ "No, I am not a racist," pleads the headline “ and then ... Read More »
December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
When lost books by well-known authors are found, it is usually an occasion for celebration. Not in the case of a non-fiction book about oil exploration written by Wallace Stegner, an award-winning novelist and creative ... Read More »
December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
As it does every year, The Globe and Mail's book section published its "Globe 100" this weekend, a list of the 100 top-reviewed books of the year (with some exceptions: no anthologies were included, for ... Read More »
Some book-related links: Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, urges U.S. and allies to stay in Afghanistan (AFP) A.L. Kennedy wins Scottish book award, makes plea for school and library funding (The Scotsman) Author ... Read More »
December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Book links
As had been predicted, convicted fraudster Conrad Black has made use of Margaret Atwood's LongPen again, to promote his new Richard Nixon bio overseas. Lord Black, who is barred from leaving the United States as ... Read More »
November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
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