Search Results by tag: Ethics

Book links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian Literary Prize, and more

Who will win CBC's CanLit Hunger Games? South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin becomes first woman to win Man Asian Literary Prize Censorship in publishing: more about money than ethics Toronto librarians accuse Toronto Public Library ... Read More »

March 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Michael Geist’s covert ties to Amazon

By Stuart Woods

[This post has been updated] The debate surrounding Amazon's planned Canadian expansion has produced many arguments both for (the editorial boards at The Globe and Mail and National Post) and against (the Canadian Booksellers Association, ... Read More »

March 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Shining the spotlight on reviewing

By Steven W. Beattie

For as long as there have been books there have (presumably) been book reviews. For as long as there has been an Internet, there have been amateur book reviewers. How does the practice of reviewing ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The trouble with contests

By Leigh Anne Williams

The unsound ethics of poetry contests is a hot topic in the U.S. these days -- one that Canadian poet and essayist Zach Wells has now tackled on the Bookninja.com site. Wells is not so ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Deconstructing the lobster

By Leigh Anne Williams

A postmodern novelist known for his linguistic contortions, a glossy foodie magazine, and the Maine Lobster festival. Sounds like the perfect recipe for a 6,000-word article. The article in question is by noted fiction writer ... Read More »

August 5, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Responsible fiction

By Leigh Anne Williams

Annabel Lyon, author of the short-story collection Oxygen and the new three-novella collection The Best Thing for You, ponders the relationship between literature and ethics in a recent column for Geist magazine. On one side ... Read More »

May 10, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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Search Results by tag: Ethics

Book links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian Literary Prize, and more

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

Michael Geist’s covert ties to Amazon

Shining the spotlight on reviewing

The trouble with contests

Deconstructing the lobster

Responsible fiction

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