by Nathan Whitlock

Frey's money-back guarantee

The New York Times confirms a story that appeared on Radaronline.com earlier this week that "James Frey, the author who admitted making up portions of his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, and his publisher, ... Read More »

September 8, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

The butler did it… again

By Nathan Whitlock

William Morrow announced this week that a book that it had been keeping under wraps is The Way We Were, the second book about Diana, Princess of Wales, by her former butler Paul Burrell. His ... Read More »

September 8, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The 3-Day Novel Contest on BookTelevision

By Nathan Whitlock

It's reality TV, but it's fiction. Many would argue that all reality television is fiction, but in this case, the digital channel BookTelevision plans to film and broadcast the writing of fiction. The typical writer ... Read More »

September 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

International Festival of Authors' star line-up

By Nathan Whitlock

It's not easy to compete with the buzz around the Toronto International Film Festival in the week before its opening, so in a press release headlined: "Not to be outdone by a certain 'other' festival, ... Read More »

September 1, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

George W. Bush's summer reading

By Nathan Whitlock

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush has read 60 books this year as part of a reading contest with his political adviser Karl Rove have been received with much skepticism. Bush's critics say "a ... Read More »

August 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Is CanLit edgy?

By Nathan Whitlock

A story in The Toronto Star asks whether contemporary Canadian literature is or isn't "anti-urban and anti-modern in spirit, and inimical to experimental writers" – like Douglas Coupland, who sparked the debate with an online ... Read More »

August 25, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Is Chick Lit Literature?

By Nathan Whitlock

B.C.'s The Tyee offers a view into the debate over "Chick Lit," most recently sparked by an anthology edited by Elizabeth Merrick, entitled This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers. ... Read More »

August 18, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Writing in war zones

By Nathan Whitlock

Writers coping with distraction and blocks brought on by noisy neighbours, interruptions, and extreme heat this summer may view their difficulties in a different light after reading The Guardian's piece on how authors in the ... Read More »

August 18, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Latte lit

By Nathan Whitlock

Booksellers, already competing with grocery superstores and price clubs, will surely be thrilled to hear that Starbucks, as previously noted on Quillblog, plans to start selling books this fall. Mitch Albom's latest novel, For One ... Read More »

August 11, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Required reading

By Nathan Whitlock

Countering claims that proposed changes to the curriculum for 11- to 14-year-olds will result in a "dumbing down" of English literature lessons, the British ministry of education has issued a list of writers it considers ... Read More »

August 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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