Search Results by tag: James Wood

Daily book biz round-up, April 16

Your end-of-the-week news fix: Brits stiffen upper lips and stand up to volcano for the glory and honour of England U.S. publishing folks rush to take credit for Pulitzer-winning Tinkers Amazon caves (somewhat) on royalty ... Read More »

April 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Giamatti’s version

By Stuart Woods

Richard Dreyfuss played Duddy, James Woods was Joshua (from the novel Joshua Then and Now), and now actor Paul Giamatti “ best known for his starring roles in Sideways and American Splendor “ is set ... Read More »

April 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: NBCC and James Wood on the best books

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Star literary agent Eric Simonoff, the man who landed Andrew Davidson $1.25-million for The Gargoyle, has jumped ship to a new agency, joining global talent agency William Morris. Back ... Read More »

March 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: "Free Radicals," a new short story by Alice Munro (The New Yorker) Robert Fisk's bio of Saddam Hussein is selling well “ except he didn't write it (The Independent) Why does it ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks – Naomi Klein loved/hated by the National Post, Vincent Lam’s first draft crap, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The National Post paid for excerpts from Naomi Klein's book, then slammed her in its editorial pages “ um, isn't this usually called "editorial independence"? (The New York Times) Vincent Lam on ... Read More »

September 24, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Industry news

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

By Leigh Anne Williams

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

Fairytales of New York

By Leigh Anne Williams

The CBC Arts website has a strong profile of Jay McInerney, whose post-9/11 novel, The Good Life, has been getting much press. The piece is notable for its discussion of the changing character of New ... Read More »

February 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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