The Man Booker Prize has released its longlist for 2008: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry From A to X by ... Read More »
July 29, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
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From the BBC News site: Sir Salman Rushdie says he may write a book about the fatwa imposed on him 20 years ago after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. The author, who ... Read More »
July 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: Larry McMurtry's new book about book collecting (The New York Times) Salman Rushdie on Midnight's Children's third Booker win (The Guardian) Booker judge thinks future winners should be determined by public (Sydney ... Read More »
July 11, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
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
In the face of all-too-obvious problems, small publishing houses and modern printing facilities are popping up throughout the Arab world (Bookseller.com) Dubai adds a literary festival to its cultural boom (Kipp Report) Iraq's National Library ... Read More »
April 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
Some book-related links: New James Bond novel gets Russian publisher (MI6) New Thunderbirds novels after more than forty years (SWFA Pressbook) Salman Rushdie vows to stop creating autobiographical characters (The Canadian Press) Mold: the enemy ... Read More »
February 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
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
Readers of this space will know that a favourite hobby of book reviewers is publicly agonizing over the apparent decline of their craft. One of the most keen proponents of this view is former Los ... Read More »
September 25, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Canadian writing is spotlighted in the second issue of Atlas, a new literary journal being published in New Delhi, India. In a letter accompanying a copy sent to Q&Q, B.C. contributor Peggy Herring points out ... Read More »
July 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors
Fiction about rock music is an ever-reliable subject for bookchat (see past Quillblog entries such as this one). Latest up is Tom Cox in The Times, who wonders why rock never seems to translate well ... Read More »
June 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
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