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The advent of WikiLit

The ghost of Roland Barthes must be happy these days, as we move just a little closer to his wished-for "death of the author." As The Guardian reports, publisher Penguin is teaming up with De ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

By Leigh Anne Williams

Let the media frenzy and the court injunctions begin: the publication date for the seventh and final Harry Potter novel has been announced. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will hit bookstore shelves worldwide – ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Otto Frank's letters found

By Alison Jones

An article on CBC.ca reports that The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research recently discovered letters written by Otto Frank, revealing his efforts to move his family to safety during the Second World War. Anne Frank’s ... Read More »

January 30, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Banning literary sequels

By Alison Jones

Mediabistro’s Galley Cat brings attention to an ongoing legal battle over the intellectual property rights to Victor Hugo’s classic Les Misérables. Pierre Hugo, the author’s great-great-grandson, is fighting to remove two sequels written by Francois ... Read More »

January 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Baio woof!

By Nathan Whitlock

Scott Baio – who played Chachi on Happy Days, Charles on Charles in Charge, and ... um, that's pretty much it, actually – is currently shopping around a tell-all memoir, BaioWatch: How I Dated and ... Read More »

January 29, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

R U reading this novel?

By Nathan Whitlock

The Globe and Mail ran a story this week on a new novel published in Finland that is entirely composed of cell phone text messages. The Last Messages tells the story of a fictitious executive ... Read More »

January 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Please, sir, I want some more Charles Dickens

By Alison Jones

In what seems to be a push to get young readers interested in Charles Dickens (whose birthday is Feb. 7), the BBC website is featuring an interactive game and an animated version of the author's ... Read More »

January 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Friday photo: Doull Books

By Nathan Whitlock

This unique bit of book sculpture is one of the attractions of the used bookstore John W. Doull, Bookseller in Halifax, or JWD's, as it is fondly known by Haligonians. Although it may look like ... Read More »

January 26, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

Message on a napkin

By Leigh Anne Williams

Esquire has commissioned a collection of very short stories – short enough to fit on a cocktail napkin, to be precise. For "The Esquire Napkin Project," the magazine mailed blank napkins to dozens of writers, ... Read More »

January 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Bad books for boys

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Guardian site, Tom Kelly looks at the resurgence of adventure yarns for boys, and he doesn't like what he sees. "It has the hazy glow of nostalgia for a simpler world," he says ... Read More »

January 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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The advent of WikiLit

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

Otto Frank's letters found

Banning literary sequels

Baio woof!

R U reading this novel?

Please, sir, I want some more Charles Dickens

Friday photo: Doull Books

Message on a napkin

Bad books for boys

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