Search Results by tag: memoir

Daily book biz round-up: Canadians love Shilpi Somaya Gowda; Rumsfeld memoir due in January; and more

Today's book news: How U.S.-based Shilpi Somaya Gowda came to dominate the Canadian bestsellers list NY Times takes a closer look at the high-stakes Barnes & Noble squabble Donald Rumsfeld memoir to be released in ... Read More »

September 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah picks Mandela?; books to make you weep; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Is Oprah's upcoming book club pick the Nelson Mandela memoir? U.S. Defense Department attempts to buy up new memoir in order to destroy it Al the cool kids heading to the Brooklyn ... Read More »

September 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Borders clams up; Lisbeth Salander cast; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Things so bad at Borders they're not talking to the press any more Somebody named Rooney Mara to become Lisbeth Salander Emma Thompson taking over Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit HarperCollins Canada to ... Read More »

August 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Tony Blair to donate proceeds from memoir to charity

By Steven W. Beattie

This may be as close as we ever come to getting an admission that joining the war in Iraq was a mistake from one of its prime instigators. The Globe and Mail is reporting that ... Read More »

August 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Copyright holders “greedy” say Woodlief, Curtis

By Steven W. Beattie

In a July 9 Wall Street Journal article, Tony Woodlief argues that current practices for securing permission to reprint copyrighted material are too intricate and costly to survive. He cites his own experience writing a ... Read More »

July 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

“I’ll have a venti mochaccino and an award-winning book, please.”

By Steven W. Beattie

In his memoir On Writing, Stephen King advises aspiring writers to avoid writing in coffee shops. Canadian novelist Corey Redekop, by contrast, admits that "the majority of [his] writing occurs in coffee shops." There is ... Read More »

June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: Ignatieff accused; historians disgraced; and more

By Scott MacDonald

News, shoots, and leaves: Random House weakens in backlist e-rights debate Alan Sillitoe dies at age 82 Conservative MPs shocked “ shocked! “ at less-than-truthful cover blurbs on Ignatieff book Disgraced historian Orlando Figes just ... Read More »

April 26, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Going Rogue mistakes, aliens and werewolves, Xbox Bibles, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few bookish links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's much-anticipated memoir hits shelves today. Palin tells Oprah in an unused clip from yesterday's interview that "logistically speaking, practically speaking, it wasn't a real difficult ... Read More »

November 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Memoirs of a Hockey Mom: or, how Sarah Palin penned a memoir in a real hurry

By Alison Potstra

Just in time for Christmas the upcoming holiday shopping season, one of the most baffling interesting figures in American politics has penned a tell-all memoir, the L.A. Times reports. Ex-governor Sarah Palin's 400-page tome, titled Going Rogue: An ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Blackberry-hating, Harry Potterland, and flying a kite with Khaled Hosseini

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Black Swan author not a fan of Blackberries, black president The Harry Potter theme park opening next year “ finally, ordinary children get a glimpse of the fictional educational institution they would ... Read More »

September 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: memoir

Daily book biz round-up: Canadians love Shilpi Somaya Gowda; Rumsfeld memoir due in January; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah picks Mandela?; books to make you weep; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Borders clams up; Lisbeth Salander cast; and more

Tony Blair to donate proceeds from memoir to charity

Copyright holders “greedy” say Woodlief, Curtis

“I’ll have a venti mochaccino and an award-winning book, please.”

Daily book biz round-up: Ignatieff accused; historians disgraced; and more

Bookmarks: Going Rogue mistakes, aliens and werewolves, Xbox Bibles, and more

Memoirs of a Hockey Mom: or, how Sarah Palin penned a memoir in a real hurry

Bookmarks: Blackberry-hating, Harry Potterland, and flying a kite with Khaled Hosseini

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