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Stranger than fiction

British author Ian McEwan's life contains as great a plot twist as any he has ever written – a long-lost brother. According to a CNN report (taken from an article in the Oxford Mail), McEwan ... Read More »

January 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Peeking at authors' bookshelves

By Alison Jones

When trying to expand a personal library or find a few books for the winter months, lists help narrow down the endless possibilities. But, as Lev Grossman points out in an article for TIME, there ... Read More »

January 16, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Canadian books communicate real good

By Alison Jones

In an entry on his Macleans blog from earlier this month, Brian Bethune laments the lapses of grammar in a number of recent Canadian books, using the multiple mistakes found in the Giller-nominated DeNiro’s Game ... Read More »

January 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Take a look at us now

By Leigh Anne Williams

Welcome to the new-look Quillblog. Don’t let the sleek makeover fool you: you’ll still find the same kind of daily posts here that you’ve come to know and love. But now you’ll also find some ... Read More »

January 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Do you want sugar with that?

By Nathan Whitlock

An article in The New York Times’ books section points out that the second book chosen by Starbucks to feature in 6,000 of its U.S. coffee shops has much darker subject matter than the sentimental ... Read More »

January 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Politics and publicity

By Nathan Whitlock

The title of the website Angry in the Great White North: News and Opinion is a pretty good hint of what readers are in for, but a recent post by Steve Janke of the “Blogging ... Read More »

January 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Book-Writing Idol II: Electric Boogaloo

By Leigh Anne Williams

Remember that Lit Idol contest in the U.K. back in 2004? Unpublished novelists submitted their work for a chance to win representation from a British power agent, and a Canadian, Paul Cavanagh, beat out everyone. ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

More Penney: The interview from hell

By Leigh Anne Williams

Edinburgh author Stef Penney, who won the Costa First Novel Award this week for her Canada-set historical tome The Tenderness of Wolves (published here by Penguin Canada), is interviewed on Scotsman.com, and it doesn’t go ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Odysseus finds a home

By Alison Jones

According to a report from CNN, the location of Ithaca, the birthplace of Homer’s Odysseus, may have been found. New tests seem to confirm the search team's belief that it is on Paliki, a peninsula ... Read More »

January 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Costa likes the Canadian North

By Alison Jones

Scottish writer Stef Penney has won the first-novel prize in the Costa Book Awards for The Tenderness of Wolves. Set in the Canadian North during the late 19th century, the story centers on a murder ... Read More »

January 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Stranger than fiction

Peeking at authors' bookshelves

Canadian books communicate real good

Take a look at us now

Do you want sugar with that?

Politics and publicity

Book-Writing Idol II: Electric Boogaloo

More Penney: The interview from hell

Odysseus finds a home

Costa likes the Canadian North

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