Search Results by tag: New York Times

Daniel Handler kills the composer for the kids

The mental and spiritual development of the young 'uns seems to be much on the minds of literary types these days. Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket (apparently to his lasting chagrin: the author's ... Read More »

February 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

More bad news for American book coverage

By Scott MacDonald

It looks like the rumors were true about The Washington Post's standalone book supplement. According to The New York Times, Book World will cease publication after Feb. 15. Book World was one of the last ... Read More »

January 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

John Updike dies

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and man of letters John Updike has died of lung cancer, at the age of 76. From the Associated Press: A literary writer who frequently appeared on best seller lists, the tall, ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Anosh Irani in the NYT

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

An op-ed piece by Canadian novelist and playwright Anosh Irani appears online in The New York Times today. Irani, who was born in Mumbai, writes about the seige of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel during ... Read More »

December 2, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion

Depressed economy not all bad news for publishers

By Steven W. Beattie

The economic turmoil in global financial markets is making a lot of folks depressed (ha!), but it apparently hasn't stopped one mega-publisher from handing out generous bonuses to staff. The same week that Houghton Mifflin ... Read More »

December 1, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: National Book Awards

By Scott MacDonald

Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »

November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

An uncertain holiday season for the book industry

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The holiday season is upon us, with Christmas six weeks (count 'em, folks) away, and Motoko Rich writes in The New York Times that U.S. booksellers and publishers are bracing for a difficult quarter: Leonard ... Read More »

November 11, 2008 | Filed under: Deals, Industry news

Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

By Stuart Woods

Some book-related links: Noble laureate Jean-Marie Le Clézio faces the inevitable backlash Five poets write The New York Times op-ed page A scandalous novel by Kerouac and Burroughs sees the light of day (excerpted here) ... Read More »

November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Partisan publishing

By Stuart Woods

Slate columnist Timothy Noah takes on a new book by right-wing journalist Jerome R. Corsi, calling it an unambiguous smear-job against presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry 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

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