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David Sedaris and a million little chuckles

There's a minor scandal brewing for American funnyman David Sedaris. Last month in a New Republic piece, Alex Heard called out Sedaris on embellishments and fabrications in several of his non-fiction humour pieces. Most of ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Great moments in Canadian publishing

By Leigh Anne Williams

A little-known Canadian publisher has made news by announcing that it, ah, might be interested in publishing the confessional O.J. Simpson book that HarperCollins canned last fall. The company in question is the entertainment firm ... Read More »

February 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

All hail the information alchemists

By Leigh Anne Williams

This Is London reports on a British councillor, Alex Aiken, who has called on the library field to redefine itself. Mr. Aiken, a former policy director for the Tories, told a conference of the Public ... Read More »

December 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Justin Trudeau to host the Giller gala

By Nathan Whitlock

CTV announced yesterday that Justin Trudeau would host this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize awards night. "I've always been a fan of Canadian literature," declared Trudeau. "I think it's important that we celebrate and highlight the ... Read More »

October 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Supreme Court sends Robertson and the Globe back to court

By Leigh Anne Williams

Author and writer Heather Robertson's long-running class-action lawsuit against The Globe and Mail took one more step on Thursday toward -- well, toward something. Ten years ago, Robertson took the Globe to court because the ... Read More »

October 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

It’s crowded at the top

By Nathan Whitlock

Nicholas Clee has a story in The Times about three books that claim to be #1 bestsellers, and the vaguely dishonest, semantical games their authors and publishers play to justify that claim. One book was ... Read More »

August 8, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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

Reed sneaks past Frankfurt in London book event race

By Leigh Anne Williams

In a surprise move, Reed Exhibitons has announced that next year's London Book Fair will move to a new location (west-end Earl's Court) and a new time (April 16 to 18). That follows widespread dissatisfaction ... Read More »

May 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Trends in YA reading, part one

By Scott MacDonald

The CBC Arts website features a multifaceted look at marketing adult fiction to teen audiences. Although, through high school English classes and extracurricular reading, young adults have long been reading adult books, the inadvertent youth ... Read More »

March 15, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Da Vinci Code on trial — again

By Scott MacDonald

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown took to the stand yesterday as the star defence witness in a copyright infringement lawsuit being launched against his publisher, Random House. The claimants this time around are Richard ... Read More »

March 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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