Search Results by tag: Egypt

Egypt’s publishing industry picks up the pieces post-uprising

The mass protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square that led to the overthrow of the Mubarak regime and sparked a complete overhaul of the country's social and political systems, also, unsurprisingly, prompted the cancellation of this ... Read More »

May 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: The revolution will be tweeted, and more

By Natalie Samson

New York-based OR Books will publish Tweets from Tahrir, a compilation of Twitter dispatches from Egypt's recent political revolution The nominees for Quebec's best French-language comics include Jeff Lemire's Essex County (trans. Sidonie Van den ... Read More »

March 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

By Steven W. Beattie

Egypt is not the only place where authors run afoul of censorship. It also happens with distressing regularity in the so-called Land of the Free to Canada's south. In the latest instance, the New Jersey ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | 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: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Orwell, the blogger (Time) Hugo Awards awarded “ Chabon wins the big one (The Hugo Awards) China's publishing industry shuts down during Olympics (The New York Times) A pair of Canadians (including ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

In memory of Mahfouz

By Leigh Anne Williams

Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, a Nobel laureate whose books include Palace Walk, among many others, has died at the age of 94. Probably the best one-stop resource for information and reaction is at the litblog ... Read More »

August 31, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Books: hot, fresh, and ready to go

By Cassandra Drudi

Hit the ATM, the DVD kiosk, and the made-to-order book machine? This ain't no book vending machine, folks -- it's more like a coffee-machine, making a book for you in three minutes or so at ... Read More »

July 27, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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