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Book to film

In this image-obsessed age, promoting books with moving pictures is a tricky but intriguing idea, and as the CBC Arts website reminds us, a couple of Canadian players are leading the way. CBC writer Andre ... Read More »

July 4, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Death to Harry Potter! Well, maybe… Okay, probably not…

By Cassandra Drudi

The CBC was trumpeting the news yesterday that two key characters are going to be offed come the newest installment of the bespectacled moppet's adventures. They reported that an interview broadcast on Monday on Britain's ... Read More »

June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

CBC Radio buys a vowel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Fans of Q&Q's Finer Points column may want to check out a new CBC Radio summer program, And Sometimes Y. The half-hour show, which premiered last night and runs over the next two months, is ... Read More »

June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The search is on for Canada's next top poet

By Cassandra Drudi

Can you wield a metaphor with ferocity? Sling stanzas with the best of 'em? Have you won a GG or Griffin or two? Well, you may be in luck, because the hunt is on for ... Read More »

May 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

This witty and wise piece will render you near-catatonic with delight and admiration

By Leigh Anne Williams

Over on the CBC Arts website, Andre Mayer looks at the fine art of book blurbing, and he leads off with a doozy of an example from Dave Eggers. Writing about Adverbs, a new adult ... Read More »

May 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

By Scott MacDonald

What's the best way to sell a book? Recent events surrounding Mark Tushingham's book, Hotter Than Hell, suggest that a little controversy can't hurt. In Other Media linked last week to coverage of the Harper ... Read More »

April 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On photography

By Leigh Anne Williams

There are a couple of photo-related items to point out today. The CBC Arts website has a photo gallery of stills from Carte Blanche, a brand-new collection of the work of various Canadian photographers and ... Read More »

April 20, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Might is right

By Scott MacDonald

In what appears to be an attempt to keep a lid on the pot of global warming, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has barred Mark Tushingham, a scientist for Environment Canada and the author of the ... Read More »

April 18, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Politics and the pen

By Leigh Anne Williams

With Michael Ignatieff eyeing the Liberal Party leadership, we're now facing the possibility of a genuine novelist actually running the country at some point down the road. (Though better known for his non-fiction, Ignatieff has ... Read More »

April 13, 2006 | Filed under: Industry 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

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Search Results by tag: CBC

Book to film

Death to Harry Potter! Well, maybe… Okay, probably not…

CBC Radio buys a vowel

The search is on for Canada's next top poet

This witty and wise piece will render you near-catatonic with delight and admiration

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

On photography

Might is right

Politics and the pen

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

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