Search Results by tag: Harry Potter

Peter Pan returns

GalleyCat points out that even though last week was the 25th annual Banned Books Week in the U.S. (put on by the American Library Association to celebrate the right of free people to read freely), ... Read More »

October 5, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling's weapon of mass something or other

By Leigh Anne Williams

You can never get enough wacky Harry Potter items, so here's one from Associated Press via the Toronto Star. It seems J.K. Rowling had the manuscript for the next and final Potter novel with her ... Read More »

September 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Book character trumps actually important person

By Cassandra Drudi

The Guardian features a snippet today that points out the power of the book – or, rather, the power of the Potter. "More Americans know who Harry Potter is than can name Tony Blair, according ... Read More »

August 16, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

By Cassandra Drudi

Or astrophysics, for that matter. Theoretical physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking is going to put his magnificent super-brain to writing a children's book, according to the Guardian. During a lecture in Hong Kong yesterday, Hawking ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Band of brothers

By Scott MacDonald

Should you find yourself in the American Midwest in the next few weeks or on the eastern seaboard in the month of May, be sure to check out a book-themed indie rock band named Harry ... Read More »

March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Seeking the next J.K. Rowling

By Scott MacDonald

In the middle of the holiday book-buying season, it seems that just about everyone is weighing in on kidlit. On the CBC website, Rachel Giese traces its trajectory from the 1970s and '80s, when realist ... Read More »

December 7, 2005 | Filed under: Authors

The New York Times releases its 100 Notable Books of the Year list

By Scott MacDonald

One of the year's first best books lists is in from The New York Times. Heavy on non-fiction, the list's highlights include Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and biographies on Mao Zedong and ... Read More »

November 23, 2005 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Bloomsbury to invest in U.S. expansion

By Scott MacDonald

Expecting a reported surplus of approximately £50-million ($107-million CAD) by the end of this year, Bloomsbury hopes to reinvest the funds into U.S. expansion, a priority in recent years for the British publisher. Among Bloomsbury's ... Read More »

September 16, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

From Giller glitz to Da Vinci decoding

By Leigh Anne Williams

With award season now having wound fully down, readers who missed Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand's post-Giller musings will find them worth a look. He writes: "Literary scholars have a word for those little parts ... Read More »

November 29, 2004 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: Harry Potter

Peter Pan returns

Rowling's weapon of mass something or other

Book character trumps actually important person

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

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

Band of brothers

Seeking the next J.K. Rowling

The New York Times releases its 100 Notable Books of the Year list

Bloomsbury to invest in U.S. expansion

From Giller glitz to Da Vinci decoding

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