A crowd turned out to enjoy readings in the fresh air and sun at North Bay's Books by the Bay Festival, held on the weekend of July 20-22. (Photos by Ian Crysler) Author Barbara Reid ... Read More »
July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Events
You might remember a certain boxing match last fall between Craig Davidson, author of The Fighter, and poet Michael Knox. Well, Davidson's book was just published in the U.S., and this week he fought again ... Read More »
Bad news for Toronto readers: faced with the city's budget shortfall, the Toronto Public Library board has agreed to more than a million dollars in spending cuts this year. As the Toronto Star reports, that ... Read More »
July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
This is a big week for Metric singer Emily Haines. She is releasing her second EP with the band Soft Skeleton, What is Free to a Good Home? as well as a book: a collection ... Read More »
July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
Douglas Coupland is opening an art exhibit, aptly named The Penguins, in Toronto tomorrow, which features collages he has created with old covers of Penguin paperbacks. The show is the first of several he is ... Read More »
July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors
Well, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is mere hours away. All our past grumbling about embargos notwithstanding, Quillblog wishes good luck and happy Pottermania to all publishers and booksellers – and readers – involved. ... Read More »
July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
David Lassman, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, who has had difficulty finding a publisher for a novel he has written, wondered what kind of reception Austen's novels might get from publishers ... Read More »
July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
The Tyee has a survey of some recent books on sexuality, and argues that after a recent explosion in raunch, the culture is pulling back a bit: [I]f this year's crop of "sexy" books is ... Read More »
July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
The Good Ship Harry Potter Information Lockdown continues to spring holes and take on water; now U.S. customers and media outlets have obtained actual physical copies of the book, and a couple -- such as ... Read More »
July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
Journalist Alan Weisman has just published The World Without Us, a non-fiction tome based on an intriguing premise: how would the Earth change if the human population disappeared overnight? The book has already drawn some ... Read More »
July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
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