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Heard & Overheard (Saturday and Sunday miscellany)

"I don't think my book is on top of the Times bestseller list because of my blue eyes and sexual charisma, even though that is why you are all here tonight." – Author Christopher Hitchens, ... Read More »

June 10, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (Saturday miscellany)

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"People coming into the store said, 'It's so spacious and calm. It's like walking into Canada.'" – Bookseller Sarah McNally recalling customers' first impressions of her Manhattan McNally Robinson store. "It's kind of like going ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED's mystery writers roundtable)

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On Saturday morning, the Canadian Crime Writers' Association put together a group of notable mystery authors to chat about "What's Hot and What's Not in Mystery" in the Speigeltent, next to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, as ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Heard & Overheard (Stephen King Edition)

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"I feel like the representative of the accounting firm at the Academy Awards." – CBA president Steve Budnarchuk after taking the stage at the King event. "It's like being dead and going to your own ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (Jack Award Edition)

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Author Michael Winter, getting stuck while describing Jack Award winner Richard Bachmann's A Different Drummer bookstore: "Is there still a cat?" Richard Bachmann, on receiving the award, a hefty, metal jack: "Where's the ball?" On ... Read More »

June 8, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Heard & Overheard (Devices & Desires Edition)

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"When I Googled the title [of the conference], I found another book whose title was Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America." – Keynote speaker Alexander Manu "Michael was pleased when he found ... Read More »

June 8, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED! "Men of Letters" Edition)

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Harbourfront's Geoffrey Taylor, on whether he was nervous before the first-ever BOOKED event: "There's a lot of good bars around here; I don't know if you've noticed." Ray Robertson, on reading from a novel that ... Read More »

June 8, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Heard & Overheard (Nick Pashley Edition)

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Nick Pashley, on his days at The Book Cellar in the 1970s (and, perhaps, on the perseverance of indie booksellers): "No fewer than three of my workmates at the store are not only still alive ... Read More »

June 7, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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Search Results by tag: Heard and Overheard

Heard & Overheard (Saturday and Sunday miscellany)

Heard & Overheard (Saturday miscellany)

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED's mystery writers roundtable)

Heard & Overheard (Stephen King Edition)

Heard & Overheard (Jack Award Edition)

Heard & Overheard (Devices & Desires Edition)

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED! "Men of Letters" Edition)

Heard & Overheard (Nick Pashley Edition)

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