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Obama a literary winner, too

In the wake of Barack Obama's historic win last night, The Christian Science Monitor takes a look at the current sales status of Obama's two books “ his 1995 memoir Dreams From My Father and ... Read More »

November 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: cover design, Dave Gibbons, the U.S. election, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The Book Design Review shows us two cover treatments for Margaret Atwood's Payback The Giller Light Bash is for the "young and hip" New York Magazine chats with Dave Gibbons about Watching the Watchmen, working ... Read More »

November 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

You are what you read – presidential candidates edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Recently Katie Couric asked the presidential candidates about their favourite books, but Jon Meacham goes into more detail on the subject in The New York Times, arguing that a president's literary interests can tell us ... Read More »

November 4, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Doing the Harper shuffle

By Steven W. Beattie

Ordinary working people in the arts community who were miffed by the Conservative government's $45-million cuts to a broad array of arts programs may have reason to breathe a bit easier today. Josée Verner, the ... Read More »

October 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Tom King ain’t goin’ to Ottawa

By Scott MacDonald

Though the NDP made significant inroads in last night's election, it wasn't enough to propel Thomas King into a seat in Parliament. The renowned author and budding politico lost badly in his hometown riding of ... Read More »

October 15, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Milan Kundera accused of acting as a Communist informant in the 1950s

By Steven W. Beattie

The reclusive Czech-born author Milan Kundera has been accused of informing on a man who allegedly worked as a spy in the 1950s. According to the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, a 1950 ... Read More »

October 14, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Publishers fail to snap up book on Sarah Palin

By Steven W. Beattie

In a vivid example of the dangers of writing history while it's being made, the New York Observer reports that right-wing broadcaster Hugh Hewitt's proposed book, How Sarah Palin Won the Election... And Saved America, ... Read More »

October 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

What’s Omar Khadr reading?

By Nathan Whitlock

In a Toronto Star article about newly released reports on the life of Omar Khadr, journalist Michelle Shepherd notes that the Canadian Guatanamo Bay detainee "has read Life of Pi" and "loves To Kill a ... Read More »

October 6, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Your friendly neighbourhood … Stephen Colbert?

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Stephen Colbert is running for president - in the Marvel Universe. Signs proclaiming "Colbert for President" have been appearing recently in the background of various Marvel comics, and now Marvel has announced that Colbert will ... Read More »

September 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

What’s red and blue and read all over?

By Scott MacDonald

For all you American political junkies out there: Amazon.com has used its book sales data to create a nifty election-year map of the U.S., where they show which states are buying more "red" books, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Politics

Obama a literary winner, too

Bookmarks: cover design, Dave Gibbons, the U.S. election, and more

You are what you read – presidential candidates edition

Doing the Harper shuffle

Tom King ain’t goin’ to Ottawa

Milan Kundera accused of acting as a Communist informant in the 1950s

Publishers fail to snap up book on Sarah Palin

What’s Omar Khadr reading?

Your friendly neighbourhood … Stephen Colbert?

What’s red and blue and read all over?

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