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More criticism, please

In the new "Summer Reading" issue of The Walrus, former National Post books editor Andy Lamey calls for more harsh criticism in book reviewing land. In doing so, he recounts some frustrations from his Post ... Read More »

June 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

One-on-one with Alice Munro

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's a celebration of Alice Munro this week in The New Yorker. In this week's issue, the magazine is publishing no less than three linked Munro stories; the first of them, "Chance," is available free ... Read More »

June 7, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Meet the new winners, same as the old winners

By Leigh Anne Williams

The folks at Bookninja.com have pointed out that the Writers' Union of Canada's press release announcing the winners of this year's Danuta Gleed Literary Award is strikingly similar to last year's press release: same template, ... Read More »

June 7, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The Thatcher years: the golden age of publishing

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The Observer, literary editor Robert McCrum turns in a long reminiscence of the publishing biz in Britain in the 1980s. In 1979, when McCrum begins his career, "there is virtually no money, especially for ... Read More »

May 31, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

It's Griffin week in the media

By Leigh Anne Williams

Griffin glory is the subject of media coverage this week, with the winners of the annual poetry prize set to be named on Thursday.Globe and Mail reporter Rebecca Caldwell interviewed this year's jury on the ... Read More »

May 31, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Remembering Roger Straus

By Leigh Anne Williams

Legendary American publisher Roger Straus died this week at the age of 87. The New York Times has a thorough recap of his career as co-founder of the influential house Farrar, Straus & Giroux, which ... Read More »

May 27, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Dershowitz gets a do-over

By Leigh Anne Williams

In a move that some will applaud and some will see as chilling, Publishers Weekly has commissioned a second review of Alan Dershowitz's new book, after the author complained in an e-mail that the first ... Read More »

May 25, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Three cheers for McSweeney's

By Leigh Anne Williams

Andy Lamey, the onetime books editor of The National Post, writes about the wonderful world of Dave Eggers' McSweeney's in the Post's most recent books section. The rah-rah piece is most useful to readers who ... Read More »

May 25, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Singing the praises of The Pornographer's Poem

By Leigh Anne Williams

It didn't exactly set Canada on fire back in 1999, but Michael Turner's novel The Pornographer's Poem is getting a new lease on life in the U.S. The book was originally published by Doubleday Canada; ... Read More »

May 17, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Combatting declining unit sales with higher prices?

By Leigh Anne Williams

The used-book trade draws much of the blame for declining book sales, which were highlighted in a Book Industry Study Group report released last week. According to the report, sales of new American books came ... Read More »

May 17, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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