Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Bookmarks: Fall blockbuster books, vampires, and “glowy magic”

Sundry links from around the Web: Proof the world is going to hell: rapper 50 Cent writes "motivational philosophy" in a new book sporting an eerily Biblical cover Atwood, Munro, and Coupland, oh my! The ... Read More »

September 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: more praise for Margaret Atwood, Ted Kennedy, and David Mitchell

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Fredric Jameson writes in the London Review of Books that Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood gives him the feeling of "syrupy nausea" “ in a good way ... Read More »

September 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Munro scuppers anticipated battle of the titans

By Steven W. Beattie

Anyone who was champing at the bit for an awards-season showdown between the two reigning CanLit deities “ Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood “ must be feeling a bit disappointed following the news that Munro ... Read More »

August 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood, Hornby, and Ellroy kick off 36th season of Authors at Harbourfront

By Suzanne Gardner

In advance of the 30th anniversary of the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors (IFOA XXX) this October, Authors at Harbourfront has announced the first group of events for the fall season, featuring on-stage interviews, readings, ... Read More »

August 26, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Events

Margaret Atwood: poet, novelist, blogger?

By Steven W. Beattie

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author with a book to promote will be in want of a blog. We just never suspected that the author in question would be Margaret Atwood. It ... Read More »

August 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Here a tweet, there a tweet …

By Steven W. Beattie

News broke last week that Margaret Atwood is on Twitter. This is not entirely surprising; Atwood has a new novel coming out that needs promoting, and she's shown through her LongPen robo-hand device for remote ... Read More »

August 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Authors challenge the idea of a national literature

By Suzanne Gardner

Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Anne Michaels, along with Britain's Monica Ali and Ireland's Joseph O'Neill, have contributed their thoughts on the idea of a national literature to The Atlantic's Fiction 2009 special issue, created ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood’s LongPen comes in handy for The Year of the Flood

By Stuart Woods

When her previous novel, Oryx and Crake, was published six years ago, Margaret Atwood was unable to make use of the LongPen, her quirky invention that allows authors to do remote book signings. But with ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

IFOA goes XXX with Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Eoin Colfer and more

By Nathan Whitlock

The International Festival of Authors has just announced the preliminary lineup for this year's edition, which will mark the festival's 30th anniversary. (In the press release, the festival is dubbed "IFOA XXX," which suggests the ... Read More »

June 22, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Events

How you know you’re in a recession, Part MMCXIIV

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog is well aware that hard economic times have a disproportionate effect on writers (who aren't usually in the top earning brackets to begin with) but it's a sign that things have become untenable when ... Read More »

May 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Bookmarks: Fall blockbuster books, vampires, and “glowy magic”

Bookmarks: more praise for Margaret Atwood, Ted Kennedy, and David Mitchell

Munro scuppers anticipated battle of the titans

Atwood, Hornby, and Ellroy kick off 36th season of Authors at Harbourfront

Margaret Atwood: poet, novelist, blogger?

Here a tweet, there a tweet …

Authors challenge the idea of a national literature

Atwood’s LongPen comes in handy for The Year of the Flood

IFOA goes XXX with Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Eoin Colfer and more

How you know you’re in a recession, Part MMCXIIV

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