Search Results by tag: Alice Munro

Natalie Portman to adapt Amos Oz

Possibly encouraged by Sarah Polley's Academy Award-nominated Alice Munro adaptation Away from Her, fellow starlet Natalie Portman has decided to helm her own classy literary adaptation, in this case of a work by Israeli author ... Read More »

February 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: "Free Radicals," a new short story by Alice Munro (The New Yorker) Robert Fisk's bio of Saddam Hussein is selling well “ except he didn't write it (The Independent) Why does it ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Robert Weaver remembered

By Scott MacDonald

An industry tribute to the late Robert Weaver, who died last Saturday at the age of 87, was held in Toronto's Massey College last night (see photo below). Though it was a small, closed gathering, ... Read More »

January 31, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Alice Munro = Oscars gold

By Stuart Woods

Canadian talent fared well in this year's Oscar nominations, announced this morning. And in case you needed an excuse to catch the February 24 ceremony “ if it happens “ there's a publishing tie-in, too. ... Read More »

January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

One Canadian on NY Times‘ best books list

By Scott MacDonald

So The New York Times has just unveiled its annual "100 Notable Books of the Year" list, and there ain't a lot of Cancon on it. The only Canadian author we spotted was (surprise!) Alice ... Read More »

November 23, 2007

Fiction vs. non-, round 2

By Leigh Anne Williams

Not too long ago, author Ken McGoogan argued in The Globe and Mail that non-fiction books get short shrift in our culture, fiction soaking up the glam and all. Now, Globe columnist and novelist Russell ... Read More »

November 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Tomine to Lethem: butt out, smartypants

By Stuart Woods

Comics artist Adrian Tomine tells The Believer that excessive praise for his just-released graphic novel Shortcomings – which was serialized in his popular comic Optic Nerve – makes him uneasy. Specifically, he raises doubts that ... Read More »

October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Want to know who'll win the Libris Awards? Don't look here

By Q&Q Staff

This year's Libris Awards will be presented on the trade show floor on Sunday, and we at Q&Q couldn't pass up another chance to try out our prognostication skills. We're well aware, though, that our ... Read More »

June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Munro: going, going….

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Alice Munro retirement dance continues. The Toronto Star’s Judy Stoffman keeps the story alive with a new piece reminding readers that Munro said back in October that she’s completed four more stories yet to ... Read More »

January 3, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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