by Leigh Anne Williams

The Coach House standoff continues

Toronto's free weekly Now has some more back and forth on the Coach House Books situation, this time in the form of a piece by Jeremy Murray, a resident of Campus Co-operative Residences. (Some background: ... Read More »

October 4, 2004 | 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

Life and literature on the street

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Canadian Press has an update on a book club for Vancouver sex workers. Organized by bookseller Mary Trentadue, the club's first selection was Maggie de Vries's Missing Sarah (Penguin Canada), a memoir about the ... Read More »

September 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

A race against time

By Leigh Anne Williams

Michael Chabon's 1995 novel Wonder Boys immortalized the fictional Grady Tripp, an author who keeps plugging away at his overlong and long-overdue magnum opus. Now author Jonathan Mahler looks at some real-life wonder boys (and ... Read More »

September 27, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Wright across Canada

By Leigh Anne Williams

National Post reporter Isabel Vincent has filed the second installment in her look at the publication of Richard B. Wright's new novel, Adultery. Part one looked at the marketing plan and spotlighted HarperCollins Canada publicity ... Read More »

September 27, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The wrath of a vampire queen

By Leigh Anne Williams

Earlier this year, Amazon inadvertently outed a number of authors who'd posted glowing "customer reviews" of their own books, or their friends' books. Now the online bookselling giant's reviews section is in the news again; ... Read More »

September 22, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Booker bets

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's Bookermania over in Britain: Tuesday's shortlist announcement has the press abuzz. The early favourite to win the prize appears to be David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (which is published here by Vintage Canada); a William ... Read More »

September 22, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

The smell of our own

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Guardian reports that Laura Tonnato, an Italian perfume creator, has come up with five new scents designed to evoke specific moments in classic novels. The ones that get the olfactory treatment are Wilde's The ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Buy now, buy later?

By Leigh Anne Williams

Why do publishers cling to the hardcover-first, then-to-trade paper model for so many titles, even ones that appeal to more cash-strapped young consumers? That's the question Laura Miller poses in her latest New York Times ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Tattoo you

By Leigh Anne Williams

There's been more ink spilled in the mainstream press on Doug Pepper's plans to reshape McClelland & Stewart since taking over as president earlier this year. Judy Stoffman writes in the Toronto Star that Pepper ... Read More »

September 7, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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