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The other poetry jury

For the second year in a row, the Ontario literary website Good Reports has put together a "runaway jury" to pick a winner from the Governor General's Award shortlist in the poetry category. Good Reports ... Read More »

November 24, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

The New York Times releases its 100 Notable Books of the Year list

By Scott MacDonald

One of the year's first best books lists is in from The New York Times. Heavy on non-fiction, the list's highlights include Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and biographies on Mao Zedong and ... Read More »

November 23, 2005 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Speculation begins over Lapham's replacement at Harper's

By Scott MacDonald

Last week, Lewis Lapham announced his decision to step down from his 24-year-long post as editor-in-chief of Harper's, saying to The New York Times, "I have a certain number of years left and a number ... Read More »

November 23, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Québécois booksellers go on strike

By Scott MacDonald

While Québécois bibliophiles in the tune of 120,000 converged on Montreal's Place Bonaventure last weekend for the city's 28th annual Salon du Livre, employees at nearly a dozen branches of Quebec's largest book chain set ... Read More »

November 22, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Sweating to the oldies

By Scott MacDonald

A humorous Onion-style story on the International Herald Tribune's website asks an obvious question: how is it that, at 72, an age at which many writers have already slowed down, Pulitzer Prize-winner novelist Philip Roth ... Read More »

November 16, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Reading in the native language

By Scott MacDonald

A story in The Guardian discusses both spoken and written language in India. Despite its approximately one billion people and nearly 800 spoken languages and dialects, India, like other former English colonies, is a linguistically ... Read More »

November 16, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

The ultimate product placement shot

By Scott MacDonald

A new kids' book to hit the shelves this holiday season marks a troubling trend in literary co-productions. Published by HarperCollins with what appears to be significant input from the fine folks at Saks Fifth ... Read More »

November 15, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Poetry makes a comeback

By Scott MacDonald

Some interesting news on the poetry-meets-technology front: Lorna MacLaren of the Scottish newspaper The Herald notes a potential increase in the popularity of poetry, especially that of the Romantics, amongst members of the iPod generation. ... Read More »

November 15, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Lose the big books

By Leigh Anne Williams

A U.S. litblog, Conversational Reading, checks in on everyone's favourite subject, the state of book reviewing. In this case, it's the big-book syndrome, in which a new title by a major author receives nearly identical ... Read More »

November 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

NYT notices Neil Young Nation

By Leigh Anne Williams

The good news: Kevin Chong's memoir Neil Young Nation, one of Greystone/Douglas & McIntyre's big fall titles, snagged a plum spot in The New York Times Book Review on the weekend. The bad news: the ... Read More »

November 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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The other poetry jury

The New York Times releases its 100 Notable Books of the Year list

Speculation begins over Lapham's replacement at Harper's

Québécois booksellers go on strike

Sweating to the oldies

Reading in the native language

The ultimate product placement shot

Poetry makes a comeback

Lose the big books

NYT notices Neil Young Nation

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