Search Results by tag: J.K. Rowling

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

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

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

Grist for the publicity mill?

By Scott MacDonald

If advances accurately reflect the quality of books, the English-born, Edmonton-raised Matthew Skelton is the best kidlit writer you've never heard of – yet. After his story "The Man Who Did Not Dream" was chosen ... Read More »

February 21, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The poet laureate's sense of child's play

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Royal Society of Literature in the U.K. asked several prominent writers to recommend essential books for schoolchildren to read. Predictably, most of the attention has converged on the list that Andrew Motion submitted: the ... Read More »

February 2, 2006 | Filed under: Events

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

O Susanna

By Leigh Anne Williams

Bloomsbury (and Canadian distributor Raincoast) seem to have had some success with their "Harry Potter for adults" advance marketing hook for Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. How else to explain the waves of media attention ... Read More »

September 7, 2004 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Muggles only

By Leigh Anne Williams

Canadian Press had some fun with news of a Harry Potter convention held in Ottawa this past weekend. It seems it was a grownup-only affair – no one under 16 was to be admitted, and ... Read More »

August 2, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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