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A barrage of books for Obama

Last week, author Ayelet Waldman sent a casual e-mail to five of her friends, asking them to donate books for a fundraiser for Barack Obama. Within seven days, she'd received hundreds of books, including some ... Read More »

September 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Authors vs. funding cuts: the revolution will be artsy

By Stuart Woods

On Wednesday, the arts community gathered in a crowded Toronto theatre to denounce the $40-million in arts funding cuts announced by the Tories in recent weeks. According to the Toronto Star, the night's speakers, who ... Read More »

September 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Sarah Palin vs libraries

By Nathan Whitlock

There is already more than enough troubling and tawdry whoop-de-doo surrounding Sarah Palin, John McCain's pick for the vice-presidential slot, to make the whole circus worth watching, but this paragraph from a long article in ... Read More »

September 3, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Rycroft in her own words

By Sara Forsyth

As Quillblog recently reported, Nicole Rycroft, the executive director of Markets Initiative, took part in a pro-Tibetan demonstration late last week wherein she and four others spread a banner that read "Free Tibet" over an ... Read More »

August 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Partisan publishing

By Stuart Woods

Slate columnist Timothy Noah takes on a new book by right-wing journalist Jerome R. Corsi, calling it an unambiguous smear-job against presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Nicole Rycroft of Markets Initiative busted in Beijing

By Stuart Woods

Nicole Rycroft, the executive director of Markets Initiative, has been arrested in Beijing for her part in a pro-Tibet demonstration. According to her spokesperson, Bruce Walsh, Rycroft scaled a wall near the China Central Television ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Tories cancel cultural travel grants

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Toronto Star: The federal government has scrapped a travel assistance program to promote Canadian culture abroad, suggesting it catered to fringe groups, the well-off and left-wingers. The decision yesterday to cancel the $4.7 ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Rushdie may put fatwa in the, er, crosshairs

By Nathan Whitlock

From the BBC News site: Sir Salman Rushdie says he may write a book about the fatwa imposed on him 20 years ago after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. The author, who ... Read More »

July 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Helter Skelter author accuses Bush of murder

By Nathan Whitlock

Vincent Bugliosi, the L.A. prosecutor who tried Charles Manson and wrote about the case in Helter Skelter, has a new book that accuses President Bush of the murder of American soldiers who die in Iraq. ... Read More »

July 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Lefties attempt to get into U.S. bookselling market

By Scott MacDonald

There's a new online bookselling venture in the U.S. called the Progressive Book Club, and though it doesn't ship to Canada at the moment, it's still worth a look. The month-old PBC is, as the ... Read More »

July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Politics

A barrage of books for Obama

Authors vs. funding cuts: the revolution will be artsy

Sarah Palin vs libraries

Rycroft in her own words

Partisan publishing

Nicole Rycroft of Markets Initiative busted in Beijing

Tories cancel cultural travel grants

Rushdie may put fatwa in the, er, crosshairs

Helter Skelter author accuses Bush of murder

Lefties attempt to get into U.S. bookselling market

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