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And the O.J. shocks keep coming

Holy moly! HarperCollins parent company News Corporation has pulled the plug on the O.J. Simpson book that was set to launch to universal revulsion next week; a planned interview special on Fox TV (another News ... Read More »

November 20, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

University of Saskatchewan inherits poem by Riel

By Nathan Whitlock

This week, the University of Saskatchewan unveiled a poem written by Métis leader Louis Riel in the weeks before his execution for High Treason in 1885. Riel addressed the poem to Robert Gordon, a jailer ... Read More »

November 17, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

More on the O.J. confession

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's pretty rare for a publisher to be openly adversarial toward the author of one of her high-profile about-to-be-released titles. But hey, O.J. Simpson's If I Did It is a special kind of book. Judith ... Read More »

November 17, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Powers wins big in U.S.

By Leigh Anne Williams

Down in the U.S., the National Book Award winners have been named. They include Richard Powers' The Echo Maker for fiction; Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time (a history of the Dust Bowl storms of ... Read More »

November 16, 2006 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Big in France

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Observer takes a closer look at the Big Frankfurt Book, Jonathan Littell's Les Bienveillantes, which has been published in French and will be translated to English for 2008 publication (McClelland & Stewart has Canadian ... Read More »

November 16, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The Vancouver fest

By Q&Q Staff

The 19th annual Vancouver International Writers Festival ran from October 17-22, 2006, bringing almost 100 Canadian and international authors to Lotusland. (Photos by Chris Cameron.) Canadian spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan sees the light. Former Governor-General ... Read More »

November 15, 2006 | Filed under: Events

Litbloggers: you're on notice!

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Inquirer has an interview with Keith Gessen, one of the brains behind the trendy U.S. literary journal n+1. Gessen discusses the magazine's imagined rivalry with McSweeney's, its place in the litmag landscape, ... Read More »

November 13, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Some love for The Dodecahedron

By Leigh Anne Williams

Paul Glennon's short-story collection The Dodecahedron: Or a Frame for Frames has apparently been given some new currency by its Governor General's Award nomination. Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand reviewed the book yesterday, more than ... Read More »

November 13, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

War in Afghanistan, past and present

By Nathan Whitlock

If current wars are preoccupying you this Remembrance Day, Jared Ferrie's article in The Tyee recommends two books on Afghanistan to help understand that very complicated mess.Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid has written extensively on religious ... Read More »

November 10, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

A soldier's story

By Nathan Whitlock

For your Remembrance Day reading, Simon Crump reviews Frederic Manning's The Middle Parts of Fortune (published in an expurgated version in 1930) in The Guardian as "easily the best book I've ever read about the ... Read More »

November 10, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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And the O.J. shocks keep coming

University of Saskatchewan inherits poem by Riel

More on the O.J. confession

Powers wins big in U.S.

Big in France

The Vancouver fest

Litbloggers: you're on notice!

Some love for The Dodecahedron

War in Afghanistan, past and present

A soldier's story

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