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The future of bookchat

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

Vonnegut obit roundup

By Leigh Anne Williams

As you no doubt know by now, legendary author Kurt Vonnegut has died. The New York Times has a comprehensive obit, as does The L.A. Times, while Salon has a slightly quirkier homage – writer ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Foot in mouth disease

By Alison Jones

A post from The American Prospect reports on a verbal blunder made by one of the New York Times Book Review’s editors, Barry Gewen, at a lecture he gave recently. Gewen, who was introduced by ... Read More »

February 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

NYTBR's Tanenhaus vs. the litbloggers

By Leigh Anne Williams

Knight News writer Michael Orbach has a longish interview with New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus about the premises and methodology that go into the section. Though many litbloggers' occasionally over-the-top anger about ... Read More »

February 15, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Book-Writing Idol II: Electric Boogaloo

By Leigh Anne Williams

Remember that Lit Idol contest in the U.K. back in 2004? Unpublished novelists submitted their work for a chance to win representation from a British power agent, and a Canadian, Paul Cavanagh, beat out everyone. ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Revenge: the healing journey

By Leigh Anne Williams

Elvis Costello once said his work was mainly driven by "guilt and revenge." That apparently goes for Michael Crichton, too, if you replace "guilt" with "environmental catastrophe denial." As The New York Times reports, Crichton ... Read More »

December 14, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Sony Reader rated

By Nathan Whitlock

Charles McGrath has been "test driving" the lastest e-book device from Sony and has reviewed it for The New York Times. Although the technology has come a long way, he says, the Sony Reader still ... Read More »

November 24, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

More on the O.J. confession

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's pretty rare for a publisher to be openly adversarial toward the author of one of her high-profile about-to-be-released titles. But hey, O.J. Simpson's If I Did It is a special kind of book. Judith ... Read More »

November 17, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Turkish novelist faces trial

By Nathan Whitlock

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak will again have to fend off charges that her book The Bastard of Istanbul, which describes the deaths of Armenians in 1915 as genocide, insults "Turkishness" in court on September 21 ... Read More »

September 15, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Is CanLit edgy?

By Nathan Whitlock

A story in The Toronto Star asks whether contemporary Canadian literature is or isn't "anti-urban and anti-modern in spirit, and inimical to experimental writers" – like Douglas Coupland, who sparked the debate with an online ... Read More »

August 25, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Industry news, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: New York Times

The future of bookchat

Vonnegut obit roundup

Foot in mouth disease

NYTBR's Tanenhaus vs. the litbloggers

Book-Writing Idol II: Electric Boogaloo

Revenge: the healing journey

Sony Reader rated

More on the O.J. confession

Turkish novelist faces trial

Is CanLit edgy?

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