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Gzowski family responds to controversial bio

The revelations contained in the first full-length biography of journalist and broadcaster Peter Gzowski are beginning to provoke a backlash. R.B. Fleming's Peter Gzowski: A Biography (Dundurn Press) contains many uncomfortable truths about the host ... Read More »

September 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood-bashing begins over “Fox News North”

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood is once again lending her name to a worthy cause, and like her support for the environment, brown-bag lunches, and stay-at-home book tours, the celebrated novelist's actions have generated some mild controversy in ... Read More »

September 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: e-reader pricing war; Stieg Larsson no feminist; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Tasty news bits: E-reader pricing madness! Nook goes down to $149! Kindle goes down to $189! Kooky inventor dude Ray Kurzweil invents e-reading software Stieg Larsson sorry excuse for a feminist, argues EW Geoffrey Hill ... Read More »

June 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Macmillan U.K. admits to bribery

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report from Reuters, officials from the U.K. arm of Macmillan have admitted that they paid bribes to secure a potentially lucrative deal to print textbooks in southern Sudan. Macmillan said it made ... Read More »

May 5, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Steven Galloway to Barbara Kay: I’m a Canadian novelist and proud of it

By Stuart Woods

Last week, National Post columnist Barbara Kay stirred up some controversy when she trashed Lisa Moore's novel February for being both unmanly and unreadable “ a symptom of what Kay describes as an overly feminized, ... Read More »

September 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Another day, another literary award controversy

By Eric Emin Wood

The winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, which is partially funded by the Booker foundation, has been announced. The majority of titles on the shortlist “ Hunger, The Unfaithful Translator, The American Granddaughter, Time of White Horses, The ... Read More »

March 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: National Book Awards

By Scott MacDonald

Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »

November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Battle of the bloggers, IFOA edition

By Stuart Woods

Toronto author Andrew Westoll has been doing a fine job as the official blogger for this year's International Festival of Authors. In fact, it seems he's been doing such a good job that National Post ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Cellist vs. Cellist

By Scott MacDonald

Seems there's a bit of controversy brewing around Steven Galloway's novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, which was published a few months back by Knopf Canada. (Read Q&Q's review here.) According to the CBC, the real-life ... Read More »

July 18, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Small Press Book Fair spat gets ugly

By Stuart Woods

Last December, Quillblog noted a spat between Toronto Small Press Book Fair organizers Myna Wallin and Halli Villegas and one of the event's founders, poet Stuart Ross. The controversy stemmed from comments posted by Ross ... Read More »

January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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Search Results by tag: controversy

Gzowski family responds to controversial bio

Atwood-bashing begins over “Fox News North”

Daily book biz round-up: e-reader pricing war; Stieg Larsson no feminist; and more

Macmillan U.K. admits to bribery

Steven Galloway to Barbara Kay: I’m a Canadian novelist and proud of it

Another day, another literary award controversy

Bookmarks: National Book Awards

Battle of the bloggers, IFOA edition

Cellist vs. Cellist

Small Press Book Fair spat gets ugly

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