Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Sellers in a dangerous time

Given the doldrums of the current bookselling market, Saturday morning's BEC panel on creative ways to increase bookstore traffic proved timely. The owners of three successful independent bookstores “ Doug Minett of Guelph, Ontario's the ... Read More »

June 14, 2008

Event photos: unveiling the Al Purdy statue

By Nathan Whitlock

The long-planned statue of poet Al Purdy was unveiled in Queen's Park in Toronto yesterday with much brouhaha and clicking of cameras. The statue is the brainchild of Scott Griffin, who enlisted the help of ... Read More »

May 21, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Atwood and Rowling write postcards for charity

By Shannon Jones

The next works from Margaret Atwood and J.K. Rowling won't be page-turners “ they'll be printed on postcards and sold by a major British bookseller named Waterstone's to help raise money as part of the ... Read More »

May 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Atwood of Green Gables

By Nathan Whitlock

Margaret Atwood, writing in The Guardian, offers a lengthy take on Anne of Green Gables. Aside from giving a brief intro to the book to those who haven't read it “ and those who haven't ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Books on film

By Jacob Sheen

A quick roundup of newly announced book-to-film adaptations: A new adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is set to hit the screen after a long struggle with Huxley's estate. Leonardo DiCaprio will star and ... Read More »

March 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Robert Weaver remembered

By Scott MacDonald

An industry tribute to the late Robert Weaver, who died last Saturday at the age of 87, was held in Toronto's Massey College last night (see photo below). Though it was a small, closed gathering, ... Read More »

January 31, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Canadian writers get Airsick

By Nathan Whitlock

On Saturday, the Toronto Star published a number of eco-themed essays by such CanLit luminaries as David Adams Richards, Margaret Atwood, Jane Urquhart, Austin Clarke, Robert Bateman, Wayne Grady, John Wilson, and Stephen Marche. (True ... Read More »

January 21, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Bookmarks: Atwood has a new novel, so do Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Because it's been, what, almost four months since her last book, Atwood has a new novel coming (CBC.ca) Martin Amis has a new one, too “ guess what it's about.... (The Observer) ... Read More »

January 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Black via LongPen

By Scott MacDonald

As had been predicted, convicted fraudster Conrad Black has made use of Margaret Atwood's LongPen again, to promote his new Richard Nixon bio overseas. Lord Black, who is barred from leaving the United States as ... Read More »

November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

This just in: indie presses important

By Nathan Whitlock

Despite the eternal precariousness of indie press life, that they often punch way above their weight in sales, award nominations, and critical recognition is an accepted fact in Canada. Not so in the U.K., where ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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