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Laura Miller, Granta, and immigrant lit (and James Wood)

Granta's new "Best of Young American Novelists 2" issue is now out (the followup to a 1996 issue), and The Los Angeles Times looks at the under-35 authors who made the cut this time, noting ... Read More »

April 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Ghost stories

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Guardian site has a survey of the long tradition of ghostwriting, pegged to a recent book deal for footballer Wayne Rooney, who has signed a five-book deal (!) with HarperCollins in the U.K. Hunter ... Read More »

March 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the uncertain future of Canadian publishing

By Scott MacDonald

Stephen Henighan's latest column in Geist magazine, this one on the importance of Canadian-owned publishers, begins with the alarming prediction of a literary agent: that there will be no Canadian-owned publishers in 20 years, only ... Read More »

January 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Sexy CanLit?

By Leigh Anne Williams

Sex in Canadian fiction is the angle of Peter Darbyshire's review of Stephen Marche's Raymond and Hannah on the CBC Arts website. In CanLit, Darbyshire laments, "sex is rarely a pleasurable event. Instead, it is ... Read More »

February 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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