This week's New Yorker features an article by Jill Lepore about a long and public spat between E.B White and Anne Carroll Moore, the Superintendent of Work with Children at the New York Public Library. ... Read More »
The second annual London Literature Festival is in full swing this week, and to celebrate, the Guardian created an online quiz to test readers knowledge of literary London. Guardian calls it "a stroll through the ... Read More »
Open Book Toronto recently published a virtual tête-à -tête between two literary agents, Sam Hiyate, president of The Rights Factory, and Hilary McMahon, vice-president at Westwood Creative Artists. The article, "Artful Agenting," is an e-mail discussion ... Read More »
June 24, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
Lawrence Hill, author of the Commonwealth Prize-winning The Book of Negroes (HarperCollins Canada): The following six books are on my bedside table and will constitute my first forays into summer reading. There are five novels ... Read More »
June 23, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
The currently incarcerated Conrad Black has written a review of Rick Perlstein's book Nixonland in the New York newspaper The Sun. (There's only so much time you can spend in the weight room.) Nixon was ... Read More »
June 19, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
Vehicule Press author Jaspreet Singh, whose latest novel is Chef, was scheduled to appear both at Luminato and BookExpo Canada this weekend. But Singh, who currently lives in Calgary, has been unnerved by his recent ... Read More »
June 14, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
Penguin Canada held a BEC preview event on Friday afternoon at their Toronto office. It was a chance to share ... Read More »
Having anyone want to publish your stuff is good enough for most writers. Having a publisher want more of your stuff seems like an unattainable dream. But for some popular writers, publishers often ask for ... Read More »
June 9, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news
Alan Twigg, author of Full-Time: A Soccer Story (McCLelland & Stewart), presents the jersey that was featured on the book's cover to Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame representative and Canada Soccer Centre co-founder William Hoyle ... Read More »
A new collection of David Sedaris essays “ entitled When You Are Engulfed in Flames “ comes out next week, and Entertainment Weekly has used the opportunity to check in with the humorist and to ... Read More »
May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors