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Daily book biz round-up, March 24

All the stuff you should be reading today: Publishers Weekly presents its (deeply depressing) 2009 sales rankings Author Paul Carr rants about Amazon's one-star review problem A rather thoughtful analysis of the current Amazon-in-Canada debate ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Anne Collins promoted at Random House; Diane Martin taking reduced role

By Scott MacDonald

Mere days after Random House of Canada announced the imminent departure of Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee, more top-level changes have been unveiled. The big news is that Anne Collins, vice-president and publisher of the ... Read More »

December 16, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Tina Fey’s book deal

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Tina Fey is planning to add "author" to her list of accomplishments. The Emmy-award-winning actress and Sarah Palin impersonator has inked a U.S. $6-million deal with Little, Brown & Co. An article in today's National ... Read More »

October 7, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Lit on the radio

By Scott MacDonald

Geography of Hope author Chris Turner has recounted, on the Random House Canada blog, a humbling moment from his recent book tour. It was the morning after his official book launch, when he hauled his ... Read More »

November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Secrets of the Canadian literary cabal

By Alison Jones

Stephen Henighan, known for his biting, if occasionally conspiracy-minded, commentary on the Canadian literary scene, takes aim at the Scotiabank Giller Prize in this column for Geist. Henighan calls the prize a symptom of the ... Read More »

January 23, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Opinion

Canadian books communicate real good

By Alison Jones

In an entry on his Macleans blog from earlier this month, Brian Bethune laments the lapses of grammar in a number of recent Canadian books, using the multiple mistakes found in the Giller-nominated DeNiro’s Game ... Read More »

January 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Costa likes the Canadian North

By Alison Jones

Scottish writer Stef Penney has won the first-novel prize in the Costa Book Awards for The Tenderness of Wolves. Set in the Canadian North during the late 19th century, the story centers on a murder ... Read More »

January 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

That pan-industry Scotiabank Giller shortlist

By Leigh Anne Williams

There is, of course, plenty of Scotiabank Giller shortlist coverage in today's papers. The National Post weighs in with betting odds on the five nominees, ranging from 2-1 for favourite Lisa Moore to 75-1 for ... Read More »

September 29, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

The wit and wisdom of Warren Kinsella

By Leigh Anne Williams

One thing the blog explosion's done is give authors who feel they've been wronged by reviews the chance to vent in public. And Warren Kinsella, the political strategist who's just released a history of punk ... Read More »

August 30, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

From Giller glitz to Da Vinci decoding

By Leigh Anne Williams

With award season now having wound fully down, readers who missed Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand's post-Giller musings will find them worth a look. He writes: "Literary scholars have a word for those little parts ... Read More »

November 29, 2004 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

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