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Novelist stops reviewing because of rampant misogyny in crime fiction: UPDATED

Novelist Clive Barker once called horror fiction the last refuge of the chauvinist. Jessica Mann might beg to differ. The British novelist, who also reviews crime fiction for the Literary Review, says that she has ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's HarperCollins editor has a double life, The Daily Beast reports. He also helped work on the satirical title published during Palin's VP run, Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Just ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

By Steven W. Beattie

Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Blackberry-hating, Harry Potterland, and flying a kite with Khaled Hosseini

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Black Swan author not a fan of Blackberries, black president The Harry Potter theme park opening next year “ finally, ordinary children get a glimpse of the fictional educational institution they would ... Read More »

September 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Sebastian Faulks is sorry about that whole “Koran the rantings of a schizophrenic” thing

By Nathan Whitlock

Earlier this week, The Sunday Times ran a lengthy interview with novelist Sebastian Faulks in which he had this to say about the Koran: It's a depressing book. It really is. It's just the rantings ... Read More »

August 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Mamet directs Anne Frank, Anna Porter visits the Y, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: David Mamet to direct Anne Frank film for Disney (NB: the Guardian's headline is "David Mamet to tackle Anne Frank," which is just not nice) Anna Porter on her appearance at New ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Simon & Schuster’s bad year, Book Oven launches, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Simon & Schuster's operating profits decline by 58% for the year Gil Adamson featured in the Guardian Book Oven, a collaborative literary community run by BookCamp Toronto's Hugh McGuire, ... Read More »

August 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks, Britlit edition: Amis, McEwan, and Mitchell

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Ian McEwan tells the Guardian's Alison Flood about his new novel ... Read More »

August 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Twilight fans invade sleepy U.S. town

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Guardian: Residents of Forks, Washington State, are still stunned by what a piece of assiduous Googling from Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has unleashed on their town. Looking for the US's rainiest location in ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Lahiri vs. Gallant, Calvin and Hobbes, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more

By Suzanne Gardner

Some bookish links: The National Post reports on Jhumpa Lahiri's 53-page interview with Mavis Gallant in the summer 2009 issue of Granta, a back-and-forth battle in which Lahiri constantly works to make her presence felt, ... Read More »

July 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: the Guardian

Novelist stops reviewing because of rampant misogyny in crime fiction: UPDATED

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

Bookmarks: Blackberry-hating, Harry Potterland, and flying a kite with Khaled Hosseini

Sebastian Faulks is sorry about that whole “Koran the rantings of a schizophrenic” thing

Bookmarks: Mamet directs Anne Frank, Anna Porter visits the Y, and more

Bookmarks: Simon & Schuster’s bad year, Book Oven launches, and more

Bookmarks, Britlit edition: Amis, McEwan, and Mitchell

Twilight fans invade sleepy U.S. town

Bookmarks: Lahiri vs. Gallant, Calvin and Hobbes, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more

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