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Wiley's bicentennial bash

Wiley Canada held a swanky party at Toronto's Liberty Grand complex on June 28 to celebrate the 200th year of operation for U.S. parent company John Wiley & Sons. (Photos by Tanja-Tiziana Burdi) Author and ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Goldman family acquires the rights to O.J. Simpson book

By Nathan Whitlock

The family of Ron Goldman has acquired the rights to the controversial O.J . Simpson book about the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown-Simpson and Goldman, The Guardian reports. The book, which was titled If ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Bush and Gore daughters' books both political

By Nathan Whitlock

Jenna Bush, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush, and Kristin Gore, daughter of former U.S. vice-president Al Gore, have both published books this season. Ana's Story, from Bush, is a non-fiction story of a ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

We Scream for CanLit

By Leigh Anne Williams

This year's Scream Literary Festival kicks off in Toronto tonight with a launch at the Gladstone Hotel, featuring poets Dennis Lee, Souvankham Thammavongsa, George Elliott Clarke, and Shapour Shahidi. Now in its 15th year, the ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Canadian authors' playlists

By Leigh Anne Williams

Speaking of books and music, another Canadian author has provided a playlist for the American music blog Largehearted Boy. That blog's "Book Notes" feature invites authors to list songs that were meaningful during the writing ... Read More »

June 28, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The not-so-great rock and roll novel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Fiction about rock music is an ever-reliable subject for bookchat (see past Quillblog entries such as this one). Latest up is Tom Cox in The Times, who wonders why rock never seems to translate well ... Read More »

June 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harrison and Ondaatje hit Hamilton

By Q&Q Staff

Booksellers Richard Bachmann and Bryan Prince hosted an event in Hamilton on June 25 featuring CanLit star Michael Ondaatje and American author Jim Harrison. Each of them read from their latest books (Divisadero and Return ... Read More »

June 27, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Brown's Diana book slammed as "over-blown and over-hyped"

By Nathan Whitlock

The Guardian is running an abridged version of a review by Sarah Bradford of Tina Brown's Diana Chronicles, a piece that was originally written for The Spectator but rejected for unspecified reasons. Bradford wrote her ... Read More »

June 27, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Court rules that authorial persona was fraud

By Nathan Whitlock

A jury has decided that author Laura Albert's use of the alter ego/pseudonym JT LeRoy constitutes fraud, The New York Times reports. Albert published her novel Sarah in 2000 under the assumed name of JT ... Read More »

June 27, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Waterstone's display fees revealed!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Sometimes it's fun to be reminded that what's considered business as usual within the book industry is shocking and distasteful to civilians hearing about it for the first time. In the U.K., the Times Online ... Read More »

June 20, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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Wiley's bicentennial bash

Goldman family acquires the rights to O.J. Simpson book

Bush and Gore daughters' books both political

We Scream for CanLit

Canadian authors' playlists

The not-so-great rock and roll novel

Harrison and Ondaatje hit Hamilton

Brown's Diana book slammed as "over-blown and over-hyped"

Court rules that authorial persona was fraud

Waterstone's display fees revealed!

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