Search Results by tag: J.M. Coetzee

Simon & Schuster to pilot ebook library lending, Sylvia Day gets eight-figures for advance, and more

Simon & Schuster partners with U.S. libraries to launch ebook-lending service Romance author Sylvia Day lands eight-figure advance for upcoming Crossfire series Zoologist Dian Fossey honoured with Google Doodle U.K. bookseller appeals to customers on ... Read More »

January 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Scientists claim “libricide” in response to government’s closure of Fisheries and Oceans libraries

By Sue Carter

Scientists and researchers are speaking out against the federal government's closure of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans regional libraries, which has been referred to by some as "libricide." Vancouver news website The Tyee, which ... Read More »

January 10, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries

McGill-Queen’s University Press wins Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History

By Julie Baldassi

McGill-Queen's University Press is the recipient of the 2013 Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History. Sponsored by the L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University, the $10,000 prize recognizes publishers that have "excelled at ... Read More »

January 9, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Photo slideshow: Kingston WritersFest 2011

By Sue Carter

An impressive crowd of more than 4,000 bibliophiles attended the third Kingston WritersFest, which kicked off Sept. 22 with a sold-out theatre eager to listen to J.M. Coetzee. The South African“born literary icon also brought ... Read More »

September 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Jaipur hosts South Asia’s biggest literary festival

By Natalie Samson

Today marks the last day of the Jaipur Literature Festival, South Asia's largest celebration of the written word. Co-founded six years ago by Scottish writer and historian William Dalrymple and Indian author and publisher Namita ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Books, not bombs, say authors to Reed

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the eve of the London Book Fair, a group of authors has written a letter to the Times Literary Supplement protesting one of the fair organizer's other revenue streams. "Reed Exhibitions, owned by the ... Read More »

March 2, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Coetzee on translation

By Scott MacDonald

In a rather long-winded essay by J.M. Coetzee, republished on The Weekend Australian website, the author, whose books have been translated into 25 languages, writes of the trials and tribulations of translation. The article, which ... Read More »

January 31, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Booker shortlist announced