Last December, Quillblog noted a spat between Toronto Small Press Book Fair organizers Myna Wallin and Halli Villegas and one of the event's founders, poet Stuart Ross. The controversy stemmed from comments posted by Ross ... Read More »
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Canadian talent fared well in this year's Oscar nominations, announced this morning. And in case you needed an excuse to catch the February 24 ceremony “ if it happens “ there's a publishing tie-in, too. ... Read More »
January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
What do George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and John Irving all have in common? A penchant for tattoos, according to an article posted on the website of Abebooks, the Victoria-based online book retailer. The piece opens ... Read More »
January 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
We are officially on holiday as of yesterday, but we thought we should end the Quillblog year with a look back at our ten most popular posts of the year. They are: Secrets of the ... Read More »
December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
The latest salvos in the Amis/Eagleton polemic come from the increasingly rancorous novelist himself, who penned an earnest rebuttal in Saturday's Guardian “ "No, I am not a racist," pleads the headline “ and then ... Read More »
December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
Possibly the most vital – and certainly the most gratuitous – debate in American letters is occurring almost entirely under the radar. The controversy surrounds a body of work referred to variously as ghetto, urban, ... Read More »
October 16, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
Disgraced memoirist James Frey – who was made a star when Oprah Winfrey chose his book A Million Little Pieces for her book club, then humiliated when she berated him for embellishing the facts in ... Read More »
September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors
The Independent posted an excerpt of an article originally published in the UK-based Mslexia magazine, in which Danuta Kean discusses the process of bringing great books to the big screen. The article references recent films ... Read More »
April 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors
There's a minor scandal brewing for American funnyman David Sedaris. Last month in a New Republic piece, Alex Heard called out Sedaris on embellishments and fabrications in several of his non-fiction humour pieces. Most of ... Read More »
April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors
Harlan Ellison brought some much-needed scandale to the Hugos when he groped fellow sci-fi scribe Connie Willis and kissed her for good measure when accepting his Special Committee Award this week. He also put the ... Read More »
August 30, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
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