by Steven W. Beattie

Remembering those who passed

The year end is a time for remarking significant events of the past 12 months, and Quillblog would be remiss not to recall some of the major international literary figures who shuffled off this mortal ... Read More »

December 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not star the young wizard from Hogwarts, but J.K. Rowling's latest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, has become the fastest-selling title of 2008. According to Reuters (by way of the National ... Read More »

December 17, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Paying writers not to write

By Steven W. Beattie

What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? An excellent start. Okay, that's an old joke, but it's indicative of a feeling in the general populace that folks in the legal ... Read More »

December 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

My nine-year-old could write that

By Steven W. Beattie

Alec Greven, the nine-year-old Colorado author of How to Talk to Girls, is now a bona fide media star, thanks to an appearance on the Ellen show and our culture's seemingly insatiable desire for a ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Poetry awards and conflict of interest (not what you think…)

By Steven W. Beattie

Apparently, Canada isn't the only place where poets get their dander up about awards and perceived conflict of interest. The New York Times' Paper Cuts blog points out a particularly vitriolic exchange in the Telegraph ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Best books of 2008 as chosen by Stephen King, the Atlantic, and Joe the Plumber

By Steven W. Beattie

It being that time of year, when sleighbells can be heard gently tinkling and readers are inundated with a glut of year-end best-of lists so that they can feel bad about how much they haven't ... Read More »

December 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

By Steven W. Beattie

You've got to hand it to Steven Vander Ark: the guy's got chutzpah. In September, a Manhattan judge ruled against Vander Ark in a lawsuit launched by mega-selling author J.K. Rowling over a proposed Harry ... Read More »

December 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Depressed economy not all bad news for publishers

By Steven W. Beattie

The economic turmoil in global financial markets is making a lot of folks depressed (ha!), but it apparently hasn't stopped one mega-publisher from handing out generous bonuses to staff. The same week that Houghton Mifflin ... Read More »

December 1, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Updike honoured for a lifetime of bad sex

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, Quillblog pointed to the Literary Review's shortlist of nominees for the annual Bad Sex Award. Rachel Johnson ended up taking the award “ a bottle of champagne and a plaster foot, which is ... Read More »

December 1, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Bad Sex nominees cover everything from Adam and Eve to the smell of soup

By Steven W. Beattie

Paulo Coelho, John Updike, and Isabel Fonseca are on the shortlist for the one award no writer really wants to receive: the Literary Review's Bad Sex Award. The award “ a plaster foot “ was ... Read More »

November 24, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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Remembering those who passed

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

Paying writers not to write

My nine-year-old could write that

Poetry awards and conflict of interest (not what you think…)

Best books of 2008 as chosen by Stephen King, the Atlantic, and Joe the Plumber

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

Depressed economy not all bad news for publishers

Updike honoured for a lifetime of bad sex

Bad Sex nominees cover everything from Adam and Eve to the smell of soup

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