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Orange Prize: there's good news and bad news

An article for the Independent discusses the recently announced longlist for Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, a prize for women writers, and the overall disappointment that this year's chair, Muriel Gray, feels about the books ... Read More »

March 20, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

By Leigh Anne Williams

Let the media frenzy and the court injunctions begin: the publication date for the seventh and final Harry Potter novel has been announced. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will hit bookstore shelves worldwide – ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Stranger than fiction

By Alison Jones

British author Ian McEwan's life contains as great a plot twist as any he has ever written – a long-lost brother. According to a CNN report (taken from an article in the Oxford Mail), McEwan ... Read More »

January 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Extra-curricular activities

By Nathan Whitlock

Just in case you missed it over the Christmas break, Toronto Star columnist Joey Slinger points out that Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrote an article for the Star on Dec. 23 about the 100th anniversary ... Read More »

January 5, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

All hail the information alchemists

By Leigh Anne Williams

This Is London reports on a British councillor, Alex Aiken, who has called on the library field to redefine itself. Mr. Aiken, a former policy director for the Tories, told a conference of the Public ... Read More »

December 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Some love for The Dodecahedron

By Leigh Anne Williams

Paul Glennon's short-story collection The Dodecahedron: Or a Frame for Frames has apparently been given some new currency by its Governor General's Award nomination. Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand reviewed the book yesterday, more than ... Read More »

November 13, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The view from the edge of retirement

By Leigh Anne Williams

The allegedly press-shy Alice Munro was the subject of long features in the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail this week, and in the former she turns over another card in the ongoing media ... Read More »

November 2, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Frey speaks, selectively

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case anyone missed it, James Frey has spoken in-depth to a reporter – Laura Barton, writing for The Guardian – for the first time since the massive controversy over his Oprah-anointed but exaggerated "memoir," ... Read More »

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

Second time might not be the charm

By Cassandra Drudi

Newsday delves into the perilous world of the second-novel curse, with many wonderful stories from big-name authors' navigating the high-stakes world of Novel #2 (and beyond). Highlights include Amy Tan getting hit with "How does ... Read More »

August 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

To sell or not to sell: the now-non-existent question?

By Cassandra Drudi

The Dallas Morning News contains an article by Jerome Weeks that stresses the need for authors to know how to promote their work. And he doesn't mean the bare-bones basics of not getting drunk at ... Read More »

August 2, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: media

Orange Prize: there's good news and bad news

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

Stranger than fiction

Extra-curricular activities

All hail the information alchemists

Some love for The Dodecahedron

The view from the edge of retirement

Frey speaks, selectively

Second time might not be the charm

To sell or not to sell: the now-non-existent question?

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