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Update: Brick Lane fracas rages on

Quillblog linked last month to the Guardian's coverage of the Brick Lane brouhaha, which consisted of east London borough Tower Hamlets residents putting up a stink about the production of a film based on Monica ... Read More »

August 2, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Actors play the part of writer

By Cassandra Drudi

The Internet Movie Database, along with a jillion other celeb-gossip-carryin' websites, announced actor Robert Downey Jr.'s plans to pen his memoirs, which will "detail his life story" and will, ostensibly, go over his various battles ... Read More »

July 11, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Canadian writers aren't cool enough for TV

By Cassandra Drudi

Global TV debuted its new series The Jane Show last night, and man, was it terrible. First of all, it's a Canadian sitcom, two words that strike fear in the hearts of TV-lovers everywhere. And ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Beach reads

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's one of our culture's most cherished beliefs that since people don't want to think too hard or get too bummed out in the sunshine, mass-market commercial fiction will hold sway in the summertime. So ... Read More »

May 24, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The Canadian short story

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Danforth Review has a brief interview with Sara Jamieson, an academic who's currently studying Alice Munro's work and who teaches a University of Calgary course called "The Short Story in Canada." Interviewer Michael Bryson ... Read More »

May 16, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

On propaganda and fiction

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Tyee has a piece suggesting that Michael Crichton's State of Fear – an action thriller based on the premise that environmentalists are misinformed at best and downright sinister at worst – could herald a ... Read More »

March 1, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Get yourself out there

By Leigh Anne Williams

Wall Street Journal media reporter Jeffrey Trachtenberg gives the Media Bistro site his take on a few of publishing's recent hot topics, including technology, genre trends, and someone named James Frey. He also discusses the ... Read More »

February 20, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

McLaren vs. Bigge: Round 2

By Scott MacDonald

Here at In Other Media, controversy makes us as giddy as the recipients of brand new puppies on Valentine's Day morning. In the last month or so, we linked to as many stories on James ... Read More »

February 14, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

ReFreyed

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, now we know why James Frey cancelled his appearance in Toronto, which was scheduled for Thursday. We may have assumed he was simply going into low-profile mode, but it turns out something else came ... Read More »

January 26, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

We apologize in advance for flogging a dead horse

By Scott MacDonald

Given current levels of inspiration following last night's election results, In Other Media sees fit to return, one last time, to the well-worn comfort of the James Frey fiasco. Remember when Frey appeared on Larry ... Read More »

January 24, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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