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Irene Nemirovsky a fraud?

Hey, we didn't say it “ but Ruth Franklin does in The New Republic. That and more. From the article: If any reader still managed to pick up Suite Francaise without knowing that the book's ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Burmese poet arrested for “hidden message”

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Guardian: A Burmese author known for his love poetry has been arrested after penning a Valentine's Day verse carrying a hidden message about the leader of the country's military junta, Senior General Than ... Read More »

January 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

FYI: Ian McEwan Q&A in TNR

By Nathan Whitlock

Ian McEwan is the subject of a Q&A in The New Republic that ranges from the perils of movie adaptations, the worth of literary realism, and McEwan's rarely concealed view on religion. McEwan also offers ... Read More »

January 14, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Toronto library cuts add up to next to no savings

By Stuart Woods

The National Post is reporting that a settlement between the Toronto Public Library and its labour union is essentially reversing the savings from the Sunday closure of 16 of the city's libraries, announced earlier this ... Read More »

December 18, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

By Nathan Whitlock

Maybe, according to the New York Post: Karl Rove, the controversial and long-time senior adviser to President George W. Bush, is shopping a memoir in an auction that will kick off today and likely result ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Amazon wins privacy battle

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Associated Press: Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Judith Regan sues News Corp.

By Nathan Whitlock

Judith Regan, former president of HarperCollins' ReganBooks division who was fired last year following her controversial plan to publish O.J. Simpson's If I Did It, is suing HarperCollins' parent company, News Corp., for $100 million ... Read More »

November 14, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Finance minister makes a pricing example of Harry Potter

By Nathan Whitlock

The publishing industry is once again the unhappy poster child for the difference between U.S. and Canadian retail prices, but this time the complaint is coming not from consumers or booksellers but from federal Finance ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Conrad Black, cyborg, vs. Jean Chretien, memoirist

By Stuart Woods

At a book signing in Toronto last night, Conrad Black appeared "relaxed and smiling" from his home in Palm Beach, where Black is spending time ahead of sentencing next month in Chicago. Sitting at the ... Read More »

October 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

The making of a political novel

By Nathan Whitlock

An article in The Guardian describes how Indra Sinha, author of the Man Booker-shortlisted novel Animal's People, came to write the novel, which is based on the experience of the people in Bhopal, India, where ... Read More »

September 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

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Search Results by tag: Politics

Irene Nemirovsky a fraud?

Burmese poet arrested for “hidden message”

FYI: Ian McEwan Q&A in TNR

Toronto library cuts add up to next to no savings

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

Amazon wins privacy battle

Judith Regan sues News Corp.

Finance minister makes a pricing example of Harry Potter

Conrad Black, cyborg, vs. Jean Chretien, memoirist

The making of a political novel

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