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In search of the city

In his Geist column, author and literary critic Stephen Henighan laments the fact that CanLit has largely turned itself away from the subject of city life. Citing the growing importance of film as well as ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Berton's got the munchies

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's probably safe to say that few readers of august CanLit legend Pierre Berton have ever imagined him giggling away while watching The Wizard of Oz and simultaneously listening to Dark Side of the Moon. ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The Coach House standoff continues

By Leigh Anne Williams

Toronto's free weekly Now has some more back and forth on the Coach House Books situation, this time in the form of a piece by Jeremy Murray, a resident of Campus Co-operative Residences. (Some background: ... Read More »

October 4, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Here they come — the poets in the bright pink ambulance

By Leigh Anne Williams

The CBC website has an item on a most unusual poetry tour organized by Tate Young, an Edmonton-based Book TV producer and poet (who released a collection this year under the nom de plume Mingus ... Read More »

October 4, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Life and literature on the street

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Canadian Press has an update on a book club for Vancouver sex workers. Organized by bookseller Mary Trentadue, the club's first selection was Maggie de Vries's Missing Sarah (Penguin Canada), a memoir about the ... Read More »

September 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Basilières vs. science fiction fans, round two

By Leigh Anne Williams

It began when Black Bird author Michel Basilières posted an online essay at the Maisonneuve site discussing both the merits and faults of legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick. The piece also included some ... Read More »

September 30, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Wright across Canada

By Leigh Anne Williams

National Post reporter Isabel Vincent has filed the second installment in her look at the publication of Richard B. Wright's new novel, Adultery. Part one looked at the marketing plan and spotlighted HarperCollins Canada publicity ... Read More »

September 27, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

A race against time

By Leigh Anne Williams

Michael Chabon's 1995 novel Wonder Boys immortalized the fictional Grady Tripp, an author who keeps plugging away at his overlong and long-overdue magnum opus. Now author Jonathan Mahler looks at some real-life wonder boys (and ... Read More »

September 27, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Booker bets

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's Bookermania over in Britain: Tuesday's shortlist announcement has the press abuzz. The early favourite to win the prize appears to be David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (which is published here by Vintage Canada); a William ... Read More »

September 22, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

The wrath of a vampire queen

By Leigh Anne Williams

Earlier this year, Amazon inadvertently outed a number of authors who'd posted glowing "customer reviews" of their own books, or their friends' books. Now the online bookselling giant's reviews section is in the news again; ... Read More »

September 22, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

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In search of the city

Berton's got the munchies

The Coach House standoff continues

Here they come — the poets in the bright pink ambulance

Life and literature on the street

Basilières vs. science fiction fans, round two

Wright across Canada

A race against time

Booker bets

The wrath of a vampire queen

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