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“Disgruntled” former White House spokesman writes tell-all memoir

From MSNBC.com: In a shocking turnabout, the press secretary most known for defending President Bush on Iraq, Katrina and a host of other controversial issues produced a memoir damning of his old boss on nearly ... Read More »

May 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Trouble continues to brew for ex-commando author

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Toronto Star: It's a tell-all book about an elite military unit the Department of National Defence didn't want published for reasons of national security, and now pointed questions are being raised over whether ... Read More »

May 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: critic saves Nabokov novel, senator saves writer’s home, but nothing could save Duddy Kravitz musical

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Did a Slate critic help save Nabokov's last novel from the flames? (Slate) Ontario senator helps save Joy Kogawa's childhood home (CBC.ca) Duddy Kravitz: The Musical was doomed from the start “ ... Read More »

April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Drawn & Quarterly store gets visited by language cops

By Nathan Whitlock

From Montreal's The Gazette: There are few commercial signs or posters in a recently opened Mile End bookstore, but one in particular appears to have upset a local resident. That person formally complained to the ... Read More »

March 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Malcolm Gladwell: for or against?

By Stuart Woods

A mild controversy may be brewing around Malcolm Gladwell, the Canadian journalist and bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, and a New Yorker staff writer. The dispute arose after The New Republic's cantankerous ... Read More »

March 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The First Annual Hooker Prize

By Nathan Whitlock

Who says booksellers are the last guardians of good taste in an ever-more tawdry world? From AbeBooks: Welcome to the Hooker Prize “ in honor of Elliot Spitzer and his fall from grace in a ... Read More »

March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Paris book fair boycotted by Islamic countries

By Jacob Sheen

The Salon du Livre, an international book fair in Paris, is being boycotted by a coalition of Islamic nations unhappy with the decision to award the 'Pavilion of Honour' to Israeli writers. From The Guardian: ... Read More »

March 4, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Biography of B.C. MP drops political bombshell

By Nathan Whitlock

The upcoming biography of the late Chuck Cadman, the independent MP from B.C. who held the deciding vote on the 2005 Liberal government's budget, contains a political bombshell in the form of accusations that Cadman ... Read More »

February 28, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Russell Smith, the not-so-reluctant pornographer

By Nathan Whitlock

Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new book from author, Globe and Mail columnist, and self-appointed fashion pundit Russell Smith. Diana, published by Biblioasis Press, is an erotic novella in diary form. Actually, ... Read More »

February 14, 2008

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

By Stuart Woods

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's life has been threatened “ not for the first time “ by "an ultra-nationalist gang," reports The Guardian. According to reports in the Turkish press, the author of international bestsellers including ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Politics

“Disgruntled” former White House spokesman writes tell-all memoir

Trouble continues to brew for ex-commando author

Bookmarks: critic saves Nabokov novel, senator saves writer’s home, but nothing could save Duddy Kravitz musical

Drawn & Quarterly store gets visited by language cops

Malcolm Gladwell: for or against?

The First Annual Hooker Prize

Paris book fair boycotted by Islamic countries

Biography of B.C. MP drops political bombshell

Russell Smith, the not-so-reluctant pornographer

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

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