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A million PR nightmares

An article in today's New York Times collects the responses, or lack thereof, to the allegations that James Frey falsified much of the content in his bestselling memoir A Million Little Pieces. The publishers of ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The New York Times releases its 100 Notable Books of the Year list

By Scott MacDonald

One of the year's first best books lists is in from The New York Times. Heavy on non-fiction, the list's highlights include Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and biographies on Mao Zedong and ... Read More »

November 23, 2005 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Munro speaks

By Leigh Anne Williams

CanLit giant Alice Munro is pretty reclusive these days, but on the occasion of her new book, Runaway, New York Times Magazine writer Daphne Merkin tracked the author down on her home turf in southwestern ... Read More »

October 25, 2004 | Filed under: Uncategorized

O Susanna

By Leigh Anne Williams

Bloomsbury (and Canadian distributor Raincoast) seem to have had some success with their "Harry Potter for adults" advance marketing hook for Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. How else to explain the waves of media attention ... Read More »

September 7, 2004 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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