Search Results by tag: angry mobs

Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

As we noted in Quillblog last week, British children's book publishers are gearing up to begin putting recommended age ranges on the covers of all their books. According to a new piece in The Daily ... Read More »

June 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Paris book fair boycotted by Islamic countries

By Jacob Sheen

The Salon du Livre, an international book fair in Paris, is being boycotted by a coalition of Islamic nations unhappy with the decision to award the 'Pavilion of Honour' to Israeli writers. From The Guardian: ... Read More »

March 4, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Martin Amis throws vinegar in old wound, opens new one

By Stuart Woods

The latest salvos in the Amis/Eagleton polemic come from the increasingly rancorous novelist himself, who penned an earnest rebuttal in Saturday's Guardian “ "No, I am not a racist," pleads the headline “ and then ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Threatened Bangladeshi author now faces charges

By Nathan Whitlock

Bangladeshi writer Talisma Nasrin, who had to be protected from physical attacks at her book launch in Hyderabad in south India last week, is now facing charges of inciting religious tensions, The Guardian reports. Nasrin, ... Read More »

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

All hail the information alchemists

By Leigh Anne Williams

This Is London reports on a British councillor, Alex Aiken, who has called on the library field to redefine itself. Mr. Aiken, a former policy director for the Tories, told a conference of the Public ... Read More »

December 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Frey's money-back guarantee

By Nathan Whitlock

The New York Times confirms a story that appeared on Radaronline.com earlier this week that "James Frey, the author who admitted making up portions of his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, and his publisher, ... Read More »

September 8, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Brick Lane inhabitants want Brick Lane: The Movie stopped

By Cassandra Drudi

The east London borough of Tower Hamlets is up in arms again against Booker-nominated author Monica Ali and her novel Brick Lane. Now that a movie's in the making, they're really pissed. According to a ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

By Scott MacDonald

The world just can't seem to leave its wealthiest conspiracy theorist alone. The latest incident in the Da Vinci Code money grab sees Mikhail Anikin, a Russian art historian, vying for a public apology and ... Read More »

April 12, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Oprah's not the only one out for blood

By Scott MacDonald

With book clubs being touted as part of the future of book marketing, the idea of author visits to book club meetings is getting more and more popular with publishers and writers. Meetings are seen ... Read More »

February 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

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