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Harper appoints new Heritage minister

Yesterday's cabinet shuffle in Stephen Harper's government included moving Josee Verner into Bev Oda's position as minister of Canadian Heritage. Verner, who was first elected in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2006, was ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

A stamp of disapproval for M&S

By Leigh Anne Williams

Every publisher gets a little bad press now and then; it's part of the game. But rarely does it come from the stamp-collecting media. McClelland & Stewart, though, has gotten some unflattering attention from Canadian ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Pottermania lives on

By Leigh Anne Williams

Those who plowed through Deathly Hallows in a matter of days and are now suffering Potter withdrawal might be interested to know that there seems to be some kind of Potter academic/fan conference in town ... Read More »

August 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Good Ship Harry Potter Information Lockdown continues to spring holes and take on water; now U.S. customers and media outlets have obtained actual physical copies of the book, and a couple -- such as ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Rush Limbaugh, literary journalist

By Leigh Anne Williams

Journalist Alan Weisman has just published The World Without Us, a non-fiction tome based on an intriguing premise: how would the Earth change if the human population disappeared overnight? The book has already drawn some ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

By Leigh Anne Williams

In the unlikely event that you missed it, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appears to have been leaked online. (Note: neither of the stories linked to in the previous sentence actually contain spoilers.) All ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

The future of bookchat

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The New York Times, arts reporter Motoko Rich uses the recent contraction of mainstream book review coverage as a springboard to discuss ye olde Blogs vs Newspapers debate. To some authors and critics, [review ... Read More »

May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Better than Ondaatje?

By Alison Jones

The Independent posted an excerpt of an article originally published in the UK-based Mslexia magazine, in which Danuta Kean discusses the process of bringing great books to the big screen. The article references recent films ... Read More »

April 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

David Sedaris and a million little chuckles

By Leigh Anne Williams

There's a minor scandal brewing for American funnyman David Sedaris. Last month in a New Republic piece, Alex Heard called out Sedaris on embellishments and fabrications in several of his non-fiction humour pieces. Most of ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: media

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

A stamp of disapproval for M&S

Pottermania lives on

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

Rush Limbaugh, literary journalist

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

The future of bookchat

Better than Ondaatje?

David Sedaris and a million little chuckles

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