by Steven W. Beattie

Toronto Public Library wants you to write in (some of) their books

Ever been chastised “ or fined “ for scribbling in a library book? Well, for the coming month, the Toronto Public Library is encouraging citizens of Canada's largest metropolis to do just that. As part ... Read More »

March 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

American Book Review goes negative

By Steven W. Beattie

The American Book Review has released a list of the "Top 40 Bad Books" of all time. Selected largely by academics, the list contains some surprises. D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love is described as what ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: feminist or blatantly misogynistic?

By Steven W. Beattie

Back in October 2009, Quillblog pointed to an article in the Guardian about novelist Jessica Mann, who had decided to cease reviewing certain violent crime novels because of what she saw as their "sadistic misogyny." ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Can a literary Toronto exist?

By Steven W. Beattie

The city of Toronto has been called many things “ the centre of the universe (but only by Torontonians), "New York run by the Swiss" (Peter Ustinov), a place where "[t]hose from other countries look ... Read More »

March 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Pulling a Roth

By Steven W. Beattie

Anyone who has read Portnoy's Complaint might raise an eyebrow at the idea of "pulling a Roth," but Stuart Evers, writing on the Guardian's book blog, means something altogether different. Evers notes that unlike many ... Read More »

March 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Anna Ford calls on Martin Amis to stop “whingeing”: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

Martin Amis has been in the news quite a bit recently. He's got a new book out, The Pregnant Widow, which is getting widely reviewed in the U.K.; some reviews are positive, others less so. ... Read More »

February 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The benefits of browsing

By Steven W. Beattie

With the seemingly incessant clatter about e-books, Kindles, iPads, Kobo, et al., it often feels as though the world of books and literature has become inseparable from that of technology: every day we are told ... Read More »

February 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

British Library to offer free downloads of public domain books

By Steven W. Beattie

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Charles Dickens's Bleak House, and Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge are among 65,000 works of 19th-century fiction that the British Library is set to offer as free digital downloads ... Read More »

February 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Autonomous Robots, Sleep Disorders, and Potato Chemistry: Diagram Prize longlist announced

By Steven W. Beattie

Last year's unlikely blockbuster Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has made the longlist for one of Quillblog's favourite literary awards: the Bookseller's annual Diagram Prize for the year's oddest title. P&P&Z is something of a ... Read More »

February 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Readers salivate over Salinger’s unpublished manuscripts

By Steven W. Beattie

J.D. Salinger has been dead a scant five days, but already people are clamouring for his unpublished work to be made available. In a 1974 interview (one of the few the famously reclusive author ever ... Read More »

February 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Toronto Public Library wants you to write in (some of) their books

American Book Review goes negative

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: feminist or blatantly misogynistic?

Can a literary Toronto exist?

Pulling a Roth

Anna Ford calls on Martin Amis to stop “whingeing”: UPDATED

The benefits of browsing

British Library to offer free downloads of public domain books

Autonomous Robots, Sleep Disorders, and Potato Chemistry: Diagram Prize longlist announced

Readers salivate over Salinger’s unpublished manuscripts

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