Book news

Author of Drugstore Cowboy behind bars … again

His name may not be as instantly recognizable as, say, John Dillinger or Jesse James, but James Fogle seems intent on adding "career criminal" to a resumé that already includes "published novelist" among his lifetime ... Read More »

May 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Author of forthcoming book about Sarah Palin rents home … next to Sarah Palin

By Nathan Whitlock

Joe McGinniss is notorious for writing unflattering articles and books about high-profile American figures. (His first book was 1969's The Selling of a President, about Richard Nixon.) One of his most recent targets is former ... Read More »

May 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Type Books cuts the ribbon at new Toronto location

By Stuart Woods

The new location of Toronto mini-chain Type Books may have been open for a few days now, but yesterday the store held the official ribbon-cutting ceremony, attracting luminaries from the worlds of books and politics. ... Read More »

May 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The girl who lived with Stieg Larsson

By Steven W. Beattie

Stieg Larsson, who died in 2004, is known internationally as the best-selling author of the Millennium trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the ... Read More »

May 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Martel’s musical flight of fancy

By Stuart Woods

Yann Martel is no doubt a busy man: not only is the Man Booker Prize“winning author of Life of Pi a new father, he's also promoting his latest novel, Beatrice & Virgil, and fending off ... Read More »

May 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Barrick Gold blocks mining book from B.C. small press

By Stuart Woods

Talonbooks has postponed a controversial book about the Canadian mining industry after being threatened with legal action by Barrick Gold, the Toronto-based mining giant. Speaking yesterday on CBC Radio's Q, Talonbooks publisher Karl Siegler told ... Read More »

May 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Ted Reader’s big-ass burger, Sarah Selecky at Czehoski, Alison Dare at TCAF

By Nathan Whitlock

On May 6, author-chef Ted Reader attempted to break the Guinness Record for World's Largest Commercially Available Burger by cooking up this 600-lb behemoth in Toronto's Dundas Square. Given that the previous record was a ... Read More »

May 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

By Steven W. Beattie

Egypt is not the only place where authors run afoul of censorship. It also happens with distressing regularity in the so-called Land of the Free to Canada's south. In the latest instance, the New Jersey ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Egyptian author could face jail term for novel accused of “insulting Christianity”

By Steven W. Beattie

Last year, Egyptian author Youssef Ziedan won the Man Booker prize foundation's $60,000 International Arabic Fiction Prize for his novel Azazeel. This year, that same novel could land the author up to five years in ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Igor Kenk likes attention; Martin Amis returns to form; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Mondays are for book news scoops: Borders Australia vs. Amazon: place yer bets! Reckoning with Igor Kenk New York Magazine loves Martin Amis's sexy-pants new novel Geoffrey Hill one step closer to becoming American Idol ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

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