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Bookmarks – Russians not reading, Grass sues, movies get made from poems, and more

Some book-related links: Russians aren't reading enough, either (Sunday Herald) Gunter Grass sues his publisher (Guardian Unlimited) Coming soon: Eunoia II: A New Vowel “ movies based on poems (The Boston Globe) Nick Hornby wants ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

The perils of politicians publishing poetry

By Nathan Whitlock

The Guardian's Stuart Jeffries has nothing good to say about British MP Boris Johnson's debut book of poetry The Perils of the Pushy Parents (HarperCollins), but in the book's defence, it could be said that ... Read More »

November 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Death of God good for books, bad for Hollywood

By Stuart Woods

New York magazine's culture blog points out how Phillip Pullman is distancing himself from his image as a God-despising, atheism-peddling iconoclast in the run-up to the release of Hollywood's mega-budget adaptation of The Golden Compass, ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Cormac McCarthy: so in your face these days

By Stuart Woods

Cormac McCarthy is that rare thing in American letters: a writer who manages to balance literary acclaim with a large popular readership. (All of his books since 1992's All the Pretty Horses, for which he ... Read More »

October 23, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Disgruntled writer offers literary agents a raise

By Stuart Woods

The Guardian's weekend edition features an opinion piece by writer and filmmaker Martin Wagner, who is obviously still stinging from the rejection letters he received from agents as a young novelist. The crux of the ... Read More »

September 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Richler's film apprenticeship

By Stuart Woods

Charles Foran, writing in The Walrus (subscription required), previews the TV adaptation of Mordecai Richler's St. Urbain's Horseman, which airs Sept. 19 and 20 on CBC. Foran also describes Richler's involvement with the film industry, ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

CanLit galore at Toronto's film fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off next week, and the lineup features a healthy array of CanLit tie-ins. There's already been much ballyhoo about Jeremy Podeswa's adaptation of Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces, and about ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

He's hot, he's best-selling, and he's dead

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times has an article about the posthumous career of Robert Ludlum, the spy novelist who died six years ago but whose name keeps turning up on new books. Back when he was ... Read More »

August 1, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Go books!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Globe and Mail film critic Rick Groen had a feature essay in the weekend paper arguing that books are better than movies or TV. It seems to be a numbers game for Groen: "Over any ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: film

Bookmarks – Russians not reading, Grass sues, movies get made from poems, and more

The perils of politicians publishing poetry

Death of God good for books, bad for Hollywood

Cormac McCarthy: so in your face these days

Disgruntled writer offers literary agents a raise

Richler's film apprenticeship

CanLit galore at Toronto's film fest

He's hot, he's best-selling, and he's dead

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

Go books!

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