Search Results by tag: James Frey

Book links round-up: gospel according to Frey, Pulitzer punk, and more

Are you there, God? It's me, James Frey, spreading my gospel Jennifer Egan sneaks post-punk music writing into the Pulitzer Prize Would you read 1,100 pages of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest on your iPhone? ... Read More »

April 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily links round-up: Free Kindles, James Frey, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Robert Fulford on the "long service in the trench warfare of editing" of Oxford University Press's William Toye The Association of American Publishers reports a staggering 116 per cent ... Read More »

March 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

By Sue Carter

Anna Porter on the shaky state of Canadian book publishing Just in time for Lent: James Frey's self-published The Final Testament of the Holy Bible Books you must read, compiled into a neat consensus cloud ... Read More »

March 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Gawker/Palin flap; Bishop-Stall’s U.S. tour; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: HarperCollins sues Gawker over Sarah Palin book leak Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall forges ahead without Soft Skull James ... Read More »

November 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

James Frey vs. Oprah: Frey strikes back

By Suzanne Gardner

Bright Shiny Morning, the third book by Oprah-blacklisted author James Frey, is arriving in paperback next week with an added passage that seems to be based on Frey's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show three ... Read More »

May 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

James Frey, Bible-writer

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In an attempt to extend his already overextended 15 minutes of fame, James Frey will be putting his factual-fictive writing style to use to write the third book of the Bible. From the Guardian: "It's ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

James Frey was an intern for a day at Gawker.com. Readers were invited to post questions for him -- Oprah jokes and inquiries about his fact-checking process ensued What's your seasonal reading pattern? Molly Flatt ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

David Sedaris: survivor

By Scott MacDonald

A new collection of David Sedaris essays “ entitled When You Are Engulfed in Flames “ comes out next week, and Entertainment Weekly has used the opportunity to check in with the humorist and to ... Read More »

May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

One last time ’round with James Frey

By Nathan Whitlock

Vanity Fair has an interview with A Million Little Pieces author James Frey “ his first major one since his notorious appearance on Oprah's show in 2006, and his last for a while, at least ... Read More »

April 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

The coming year in memoir fraud