As it does every year, The Globe and Mail's book section published its "Globe 100" this weekend, a list of the 100 top-reviewed books of the year (with some exceptions: no anthologies were included, for ... Read More »
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In a sardonic post announcing his reluctant embrace of the blogosphere, Edmonton author Todd Babiak (The Book of Stanley, The Garneau Block) expresses his instinctive distaste for self-serving author blogs: I used to make fun ... Read More »
November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
In The New York Times, arts reporter Motoko Rich uses the recent contraction of mainstream book review coverage as a springboard to discuss ye olde Blogs vs Newspapers debate. To some authors and critics, [review ... Read More »
May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
In Other Media is not a fan of The New Yorker's funnyman film critic, Anthony Lane, clinging as we do to the idealistic belief that a review should be something more than a preening display ... Read More »
May 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
We all know that Gillers and Governor General's Awards are boons for book sales in Canada. A book gets shortlisted, and its sales go up. A book wins, and its sales go up even further. ... Read More »
November 8, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling
In a piece for the Maisonneuve website, Toronto novelist Michel Basilières considers the legacy of science fiction legend Philip K. Dick. For mainstream audiences, Dick is best known as the writer whose work inspired films ... Read More »
August 16, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news