The winner of the 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the worst opening line of an imaginary novel was announced last week (the winner wrote something about passion in a New York City taxi). However, ... Read More »
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The 2006 Survey of Household Spending in Canada says that, despite an overall increase in consumption, "spending on reading materials decreased 5% to $260 per household." It seems that no one can stop the grim ... Read More »
February 27, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news
Quillblog would like to congratulate the Toronto Star's Cathal Kelly for possibly being the first sportswriter ever to work an Oulipo reference into a soccer-game recap. Covering the Toronto club's game against the L.A. Galaxy ... Read More »
August 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
Over on the CBC Arts website, Andre Mayer looks at the fine art of book blurbing, and he leads off with a doozy of an example from Dave Eggers. Writing about Adverbs, a new adult ... Read More »
May 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
In an essay originally published in his magazine Front & Centre and republished on The Danforth Review, Ottawa writer and Black Bile Press editor Matthew Firth calls for the end of literary prizes and contests ... Read More »
January 24, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Book news, Opinion
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