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Movies made from books suck: Salman Rushdie

"Adaptation, the process by which one thing develops into another thing, by which one shape or form changes into a different form, is a commonplace artistic activity." That helpful declarative statement opens Salman Rushdie's recent ... Read More »

March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

The unfinished life of David Foster Wallace

By Steven W. Beattie

"I want to author things that both restructure worlds and make living people feel stuff." So wrote the late David Foster Wallace to his editor during the composition of the mammoth novel Infinite Jest. Part ... Read More »

March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Atwood’s “dog’s breakfast”

By Steven W. Beattie

When is a protest not a protest? These days, apparently when it involves Margaret Atwood. Some readers might remember her appearance at the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony, held at the Four Seasons hotel in ... Read More »

February 23, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Philip K. Dick’s widow revives his final novel

By Scott MacDonald

According to The New York Times, the widow of sci-fi author Philip K. Dick has reworked his last, unfinished novel, The Owl in Daylight, and is self-releasing it through a print-on-demand publishing service. Tessa Dick, ... Read More »

February 18, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Atwood spurns Dubai

By Scott MacDonald

After agreeing to attend the Dubai-based Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature, Margaret Atwood has opted to stay home instead. Not only that, she won't even be attending by LongPen. Seems she's decided to make ... Read More »

February 18, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Author makes Christmas trek to Ottawa to deliver book

By Steven W. Beattie

How far should an author go in response to a negative review? When Dan Fleisch, an author from Springfield, Ohio, read an Amazon review of his book, A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equation, which gave ... Read More »

February 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

King vs. Meyer

By Stuart Woods

Wolfe and Irving, Vargas Llosa and Garcia Marquez, Amis and Barnes “ those of us who love a good literary feud can now add to the list reigning horror author Stephen King, who lashed out ... Read More »

February 6, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

John Updike dies

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and man of letters John Updike has died of lung cancer, at the age of 76. From the Associated Press: A literary writer who frequently appeared on best seller lists, the tall, ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Neil Gaiman wins Newbery Medal

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys) has won the John Newbery medal, one of the most prestigious awards for children's literature in the U.S. Mr. Gaiman, 48, won for The Graveyard Book, a story about a ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Pasha Malla and Linda Goyette among authors named as Berton House writers-in-residence

By Steven W. Beattie

Four writers will travel to Yukon's Dawson City to live in the childhood home of iconic Canadian author Pierre Berton as the 2009-10 Berton House writers-in-residence. The foursome “ Pasha Malla, Linda Goyette, MylÃ¨ne Gilbert-Dumas, ... Read More »

January 26, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

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