Search Results by tag: David Bezmozgis

Q&Q review: David Bezmozgis’s The Free World

David Bezmozgis's highly anticipated debut novel The Free World will be released on April 4th. In the Jan./Feb. issue of Q&Q, feature reviewer Jeet Heer writes: After Henry Roth, after Isaac Bashevis Singer, after Saul ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Target to sell Kindle; props to Galchen and Bezmozgis; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Browse and click! Canadians Rivka Galchen and David Bezmozgis make The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 list New copyright legislation gets tough about breaking digital encryption locks Target to become first brick-and-mortar retailer to sell ... Read More »

June 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: snobbery in the age of Kindle, Kerouac and the canon, and bigamy proves a boon

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: James Wolcott wonders, "What's a Culture Snob to Do?" in the age of Kindle, iPods, etc. Should Kerouac be kicked out of the canon? That old story: woman finds out her husband ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Poplak and more in the May Q&Q

By Stuart Woods

Jet-setting author Richard Poplak travelled to 17 different countries to research his latest book, which looks at the influence of American pop culture in the Muslim world, and he's Q&Q's cover subject in the May ... Read More »

May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Bookmarks: Olympic mascots, a giant atlas and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Vancouver publisher Whitecap Books is set to publish a book about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic mascots, Miga, Quatchi, Sumi, and in-print only sidekick, Muk Muk A limited edition atlas, called EARTH, weighing in at 19 ... Read More »

October 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

By Stuart Woods

Canadian authors are well represented in a book of fictional love letters, titled Four Letter Word, which is being published by Knopf Canada in 2008. Prior to its release, Times Online is inviting readers to ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Vanity Fair comes to town

By Leigh Anne Williams

Vanity Fair's promised survey of the Toronto literary scene has materialized on the magazine's website. VF writer Anderson Tepper hit the International Festival of Authors at Toronto's Harbourfront in October, inspired by an earlier visit ... Read More »

December 12, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Prev 12