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The boy who would be Tintin

It looks as if Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's planned series of Tintin films is one step closer to reaching fruition. According to the Guardian, a young man named Thomas Sangster has been selected to ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter twofer

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Los Angeles Times: Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers behind the $4.5-billion film franchise featuring the beloved boy wizard will split the seventh and final novel in the J.K. Rowling series into two ... Read More »

March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling sees fan-written Potter lexicon as exploitation

By Nathan Whitlock

From Reuters: Billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling would feel "exploited" if a fan's unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series was published, she said in court papers made public on Thursday. Steve Vander ... Read More »

February 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: Alain Robbe-Grillet is dead, product placement in kids’ books is controversial, and Hollywood often screws authors out of money

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Alain Robbe-Grillet, dead at 85 (Literary Saloon) Two views on product placement in kids' books (The New York Times) Authors often get screwed by Hollywood (Los Angeles Times) Profile of David Poindexter ... Read More »

February 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

The year in Quillblog

By Nathan Whitlock

We are officially on holiday as of yesterday, but we thought we should end the Quillblog year with a look back at our ten most popular posts of the year. They are: Secrets of the ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Toronto library cuts add up to next to no savings

By Stuart Woods

The National Post is reporting that a settlement between the Toronto Public Library and its labour union is essentially reversing the savings from the Sunday closure of 16 of the city's libraries, announced earlier this ... Read More »

December 18, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Buyer of Rowling book revealed

By Scott MacDonald

A handwritten book of fairy tales by J.K. Rowling was auctioned off for more than $4-million (Cdn) yesterday, and U.K. newspapers were full of speculation this morning as to who the deep-pocketed buyer was. As ... Read More »

December 14, 2007 | Filed under: Libraries

Event photo: Roy MacSkimming meets John A.

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's pretty rare to see grownups playing dressup at a book event unless the book in question includes the words "Harry Potter" or "Jedi" in the title. But that's Sir John A. Macdonald (well, actually, ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Death of God good for books, bad for Hollywood

By Stuart Woods

New York magazine's culture blog points out how Phillip Pullman is distancing himself from his image as a God-despising, atheism-peddling iconoclast in the run-up to the release of Hollywood's mega-budget adaptation of The Golden Compass, ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter for snobs

By Stuart Woods

Weighing in on the controversy over whether or not you-know-who is you-know-what, The New York Times cultural critic Edward Rothstein makes the reasonable assertion that "it is possible Ms. Rowling may be mistaken about her ... Read More »

October 30, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Harry Potter

The boy who would be Tintin

Harry Potter twofer

Rowling sees fan-written Potter lexicon as exploitation

Bookmarks: Alain Robbe-Grillet is dead, product placement in kids’ books is controversial, and Hollywood often screws authors out of money

The year in Quillblog

Toronto library cuts add up to next to no savings

Buyer of Rowling book revealed

Event photo: Roy MacSkimming meets John A.

Death of God good for books, bad for Hollywood

Harry Potter for snobs

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