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May the coverage begin

It's only two days after the Governor General's Awards shortlists were announced, and media coverage has already been plentiful. The Toronto Star's Philip Marchand weighs in on the lack of overlap between this year's GG ... Read More »

October 19, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

It's never too late

By Scott MacDonald

At the age of 79, American poet Landis Everson will be publishing his first collection. A recipient of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, an honour that celebrates the achievements of poets over the age ... Read More »

October 19, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Two parts sugar, three parts flour…

By Scott MacDonald

On the CBC website, Rachel Giese tells us what everyone in the Canadian book biz should already know: how to spot award-winning Canadian works of fiction. Taking a tally of 31 past winners of the ... Read More »

October 18, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Opinion

Searching for JT Leroy

By Scott MacDonald

A recent article in New York magazine follows writer Stephen Beachy's search for an ever-elusive, ever-reclusive figure in contemporary American letters. With a number of writerly acquaintances and as author of three cult-status books endorsed ... Read More »

October 18, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

We're on a road to nowhere

By Leigh Anne Williams

Following his participation in Humber College's first summer publishing workshop, writer Hal Niedzviecki has turned his experiences -- he served as one of three judges of the students' final projects, along with Kim McArthur and ... Read More »

October 13, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

No Almond joy at Salon

By Leigh Anne Williams

The latest online shouting match is between U.S. author Steve Almond (Candyfreak, My Life in Heavy Metal) and litblogger Mark Sarvas. Seems that since launching his site (called The Elegant Variation) in 2003, Sarvas has ... Read More »

October 13, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Atlas on biographies

By Scott MacDonald

Biographer James Atlas writes in The New York Times about the differences between American and British literary cultures and the surprising ways in which those differences manifest in biographies. He writes, "Biography isn't an outpost ... Read More »

October 12, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

4 God so luvd da world…

By Scott MacDonald

In a bid to increase readership, The Bible Society in Australia has launched a translation of all 31,173 verses of the Bible in the modern, abbreviated language of text messages, reports The Associated Press. The ... Read More »

October 12, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Banville beats Booker odds

By Scott MacDonald

Last night, in a ceremony in London's Guildhall, Irish novelist John Banville beat seven-to-one odds and brought home his first Man Booker Prize for a melancholy study on old age, love, and grief, The Sea. ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Rumours fly as announcement of Nobel Prize for Literature is delayed

By Scott MacDonald

The clock continues to tick for the Nobel Academy, the body responsible for the nomination of Nobel Prize winners. For the first time in over 10 years, the Nobel Prize for Literature "was announced neither ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

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