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Begging for blurbs

Vogue contributing editor Rebecca Johnson chronicles the agony of seeking out "blurbs" for her first novel, And Sometimes Why, on Salon.com. Johnson, obviously a well-connected woman, falls short when her editor presses her to find ... Read More »

August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Turkish novelist faces trial

By Nathan Whitlock

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak will again have to fend off charges that her book The Bastard of Istanbul, which describes the deaths of Armenians in 1915 as genocide, insults "Turkishness" in court on September 21 ... Read More »

September 15, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

By Cassandra Drudi

Australia's only Nobel Prize-winning author must be rolling in his grave this week -- not a single major publisher or literary agent would release his stuff today, it seems. Earlier this summer, The Australian sent ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Lem dead at 84

By Scott MacDonald

Between yesterday and today, at least eight major news sources have reported on the death of Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem. Lem, best known for the novels His Master's Voice and Solaris, which was turned ... Read More »

March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Ghost stories

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Guardian site has a survey of the long tradition of ghostwriting, pegged to a recent book deal for footballer Wayne Rooney, who has signed a five-book deal (!) with HarperCollins in the U.K. Hunter ... Read More »

March 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

More discouraging words for would-be writers

By Scott MacDonald

Sam Sacks of the New York Press takes a stab at that educational institution we all love to hate: the graduate-level writing workshop. The importance of workshops in contemporary American literature can be seen both ... Read More »

December 7, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

How-others-see-us file: Raymond and Hannah

By Leigh Anne Williams

Toronto author Stephen Marche's debut novel, Raymond and Hannah, has been getting some review attention in the U.S., where it's just been released under Harcourt's Harvest imprint. (Here at home, Doubleday Canada is the publisher.) ... Read More »

May 24, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Into the mythic with Pierre Berton

By Leigh Anne Williams

Geist magazine's Stephen Osborne asks why certain writers -- Pierre Berton chief among them -- have traditionally been considered tragically unhip by certain literati, despite their popular appeal. And in "certain literati" Osborne includes a ... Read More »

January 24, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Remembering Richard Outram

By Leigh Anne Williams

Ontario poet Richard Outram, depressed after the death of his wife, committed suicide last week, writes George Murray on his Bookninja blog. The 74-year-old Outram, a widely admired "poet's poet," was also a friend and ... Read More »

January 24, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Basilières vs. science fiction fans, round two

By Leigh Anne Williams

It began when Black Bird author Michel Basilières posted an online essay at the Maisonneuve site discussing both the merits and faults of legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick. The piece also included some ... Read More »

September 30, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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Search Results by tag: voice

Begging for blurbs

Turkish novelist faces trial

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

Lem dead at 84

Ghost stories

More discouraging words for would-be writers

How-others-see-us file: Raymond and Hannah

Into the mythic with Pierre Berton

Remembering Richard Outram

Basilières vs. science fiction fans, round two

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