Search Results by tag: Russell Smith

Andre Alexis, John Vaillant among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists

The shortlists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize were announced this morning at Toronto's Ben McNally Books. The former recognizes the year's best English-language novel or ... Read More »

September 29, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Gone Hollywood: Dr. Seuss, E.L. James, and publishing’s blockbuster mentality

By Steven W. Beattie

Dorie Clark, writing on the website of the Harvard Business Review, believes she has discovered the "hottest trend" in publishing today: books by established writers that were written decades ago. As evidence, Clark cites one ... Read More »

July 29, 2015 | Filed under: Opinion

Book links roundup: Jennifer Egan’s writing life, Brick Books redesigns website, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Jennifer Egan talks to Paper Mag about her Pulitzer Prize, writing, and her awful temp jobs Brick Books launches new website Russell Smith finds this year's lack of a Pulitzer Prize for fiction no big deal Leo McKay ... Read More »

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Pop Sandbox launches interactive film version of The Next Day

By Sue Carter

Toronto transmedia company Pop Sandbox has launched an interactive Web version of The Next Day, which chronicles the stories of four suicide-attempt survivors. The animated online documentary, a co-production with the National Film Board, accompanies ... Read More »

November 21, 2011 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Digital publishing and technology

More on the sexual mores of Canadian publishing

By Stuart Woods

Author Stacey May Fowles has established herself as a trenchant observer of the sexual mores of Canadian publishing. Last week, in her column with Masthead.com, Fowles offered her take on the Davidar scandal, arguing that ... Read More »

June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Russell Smith on sex and Canadian publishing

By Stuart Woods

Globe and Mail columnist Russell Smith offers his thoughts on sex in Canadian publishing. His conclusion? Despite the fact that it is full of "totally unbelievable hotties," overall the industry is surprisingly chaste. The author ... Read More »

June 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Gaiman to headline Luminato literary programming

By Scott MacDonald

The Toronto-based Luminato arts festival has announced its 2009 lineup, and fanboys the city over will be pleased to know that the theme for the literary programming is "fantasy, horror, and Gothic." They'll likely be ... Read More »

March 18, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Russell Smith, the not-so-reluctant pornographer

By Nathan Whitlock

Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new book from author, Globe and Mail columnist, and self-appointed fashion pundit Russell Smith. Diana, published by Biblioasis Press, is an erotic novella in diary form. Actually, ... Read More »

February 14, 2008

Fiction vs. non-, round 2

By Leigh Anne Williams

Not too long ago, author Ken McGoogan argued in The Globe and Mail that non-fiction books get short shrift in our culture, fiction soaking up the glam and all. Now, Globe columnist and novelist Russell ... Read More »

November 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

CBC Radio buys a vowel