by Cassandra Drudi

Newsflash: novelists suck at writing plays

The Guardian explores the phenomenon of novelists who write great books yet suck at penning plays. Or, as Philip Hensher puts it: "[James Joyce's play] Exiles, like most plays written by novelists, is a notoriously ... Read More »

July 26, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Take that, Cubans exiles!

By Cassandra Drudi

Miami schoolchildren can get their dose of Cuba after all, the L.A. Times reported today, as "a federal judge Monday ordered the Miami-Dade County School District to restore a children's book about Cuba to school ... Read More »

July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Australian booksellers get their numbers crunched to mixed reviews

By Cassandra Drudi

While getting one's jollies from poring over accurate sales data only recently became a favourite activity among Canadian bookfolk, Australia six-year-old book industry sales data program, according to an Australian article, is like many a ... Read More »

July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The eBook just keeps a-comin'

By Cassandra Drudi

We do everything with our iPods, from watching television shows to storing photos, so it isn't that surprising that reading books on 'em might not be too far behind. The blog engadget has reported that ... Read More »

July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Update: this ain't no turkish delight

By Cassandra Drudi

Bestselling novelist Elif Shafak is merely the latest victim of the trial-happy Turks, who, over the last year, have charged over five dozen writers and journalists under Turkey's Article 301, the vague legislation that seems ... Read More »

July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The most awesome book-to-movie adaptations ever

By Cassandra Drudi

In this week's edition, The Onion A.V. Club laid down 15 book-to-film adaptations that live up to their source material. Some of them are even better than the source material, such as The Godfather, Jaws, ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Brick Lane inhabitants want Brick Lane: The Movie stopped

By Cassandra Drudi

The east London borough of Tower Hamlets is up in arms again against Booker-nominated author Monica Ali and her novel Brick Lane. Now that a movie's in the making, they're really pissed. According to a ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book 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

Publishers want bigger piece of the picture pie

By Cassandra Drudi

Random House won't settle for $7-million – they want a bigger piece of the The Devil Wears Prada movie pie! As the film nears the coveted $100-million box office mark, according to an L.A. Times ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The continuing decline of the book club

By Cassandra Drudi

After we reported last month on certain New York young ladies who eschew reading in favour of X-rated gabbing in their book clubs, Quillblog has another book club shocker, courtesy of a Bookninja-linked Denver Post ... Read More »

July 12, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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Newsflash: novelists suck at writing plays

Take that, Cubans exiles!

Australian booksellers get their numbers crunched to mixed reviews

The eBook just keeps a-comin'

Update: this ain't no turkish delight

The most awesome book-to-movie adaptations ever

Brick Lane inhabitants want Brick Lane: The Movie stopped

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

Publishers want bigger piece of the picture pie

The continuing decline of the book club

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