April 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Quillblog would be remiss if we didn't mark the passing of British science-fiction pioneer J.G. Ballard (though somewhat ironically, his most famous book, Empire of the Sun, wasn't science fiction at all). The L.A. Times ... Read More »
It's almost time again for BC Book and Magazine Week (BCBMW), the province's week-long celebration of all things literary. Founded in 1999, the festival takes place at multiple locations across B.C., from Victoria to Vancouver ... Read More »
Two articles in Publishers Weekly highlight the challenges faced by today's comic book publishers when seeking an audience. First, distribution giant Diamond's new minimum wholesale order ($2,500, up from $1,500) is creating hardship for smaller independent houses. Last ... Read More »
April 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
The return of the serialized novel has been trumpeted before (notably by this very blog), and James Patterson made headlines recently with his chain thriller, Airborne. But The Los Angeles Times has combined the two. Yesterday, the ... Read More »
April 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Sundry links from around the web: Underground comics artist Robert Crumb (Fritz the Cat) has completed his take on the Book of Genesis. To the surprise of no one, publishing execs are not immune to ... Read More »
March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
The Los Angeles Times reports on a beta website, filedbyauthor.com, which aims to create Web pages (1.8 million so far) for just about every author who's ever existed, including a bio, links, and a list ... Read More »
March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
...Or at least by its title. The Bookseller magazine has announced its "winner" of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year: The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-Milligram Containers of Fromage Frais. The book in ... Read More »
March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Sundry links from around the web: The L.A. Times shines a light on author Conn Iggulden's historical fiction, which pretty much sounds like the sort of material you'd expect the co-author of The Dangerous Book For ... Read More »
March 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Just because the greatest books rely on imagination and abstract images doesn't mean the stores that sell them have to. Thankfully, some ... Read More »
March 18, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
The winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, which is partially funded by the Booker foundation, has been announced. The majority of titles on the shortlist “ Hunger, The Unfaithful Translator, The American Granddaughter, Time of White Horses, The ... Read More »
March 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news