by Steven W. Beattie

How you know you’re in a recession, Part MMCXIIV

Quillblog is well aware that hard economic times have a disproportionate effect on writers (who aren't usually in the top earning brackets to begin with) but it's a sign that things have become untenable when ... Read More »

May 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Twilight sequel script found in trash

By Steven W. Beattie

It was a blunder worthy of CSIS. In 1999, Canada's spy agency had egg on its face after top-secret documents were stolen off the back seat of a parked car while the car's owner attended ... Read More »

May 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins cancels Ballard memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

In 1996, Harold Brodkey published This Wild Darkness, a slim volume describing, in often painful detail, his physical deterioration from AIDS. Portions of his journal from this period remain online, and provide starkly honest insights ... Read More »

April 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

What Barack Obama’s reading

By Steven W. Beattie

As if the PEN/Faulkner award weren't enough, Joseph O'Neill can now boast that his novel, Netherland, is on Barack Obama's bedside table. In an interview with The New York Times, the American president told David ... Read More »

April 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

In memoriam: Derek Weiler

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog readers who will be in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, are cordially invited to attend a party in honour of Q&Q's late editor, Derek Weiler. The event, which is being generously hosted by Pages ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ondaatje plaque unveiled

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog is a bit late with this one, but would be remiss not to acknowledge the unveiling last Thursday of a plaque commemorating Michael Ondaatje's iconic Toronto novel In the Skin of a Lion. The ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Is Carol Ann Duffy Britain’s new Poet Laureate?

By Steven W. Beattie

The Independent seems to think so. They are reporting that Duffy's name has been sent to the Queen for approval, and that her appointment is so certain that bookies have stopped taking bets on her ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Which is more worrisome: Jack Black as Kesey, or Angelina Jolie as Scarpetta?

By Steven W. Beattie

In book-related film news, Quillblog is tickled pink (or kandy-kolored, as the case may be) to learn that Gus Van Sant has agreed to direct a film version of Tom Wolfe's classic work of gonzo ... Read More »

April 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bertelsmann sweeps Pulitzers

By Steven W. Beattie

They're likely dancing in the halls of Random House U.S. today. Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prizes for literature were announced, and Random and its affiliate, Doubleday, swept the fiction, non-fiction, and biography categories. Elizabeth Strout's short ... Read More »

April 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Anansi and Shortcovers team up to give away digital book

By Steven W. Beattie

Heaven may be small, but the heart of Emily Schultz's new publisher is large, indeed. House of Anansi Press announced that it has teamed up with Shortcovers, Indigo's new online bookstore, to give away free ... Read More »

April 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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How you know you’re in a recession, Part MMCXIIV

Twilight sequel script found in trash

HarperCollins cancels Ballard memoir

What Barack Obama’s reading

In memoriam: Derek Weiler

Ondaatje plaque unveiled

Is Carol Ann Duffy Britain’s new Poet Laureate?

Which is more worrisome: Jack Black as Kesey, or Angelina Jolie as Scarpetta?

Bertelsmann sweeps Pulitzers

Anansi and Shortcovers team up to give away digital book

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