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The ashes of Tasha Tudor and the wisdom of Solomon

Anyone who's had them knows that children are greedy, ungrateful, little creeps. Especially so when they are all grown up and bickering over a recently deceased parent's estate. This is what happened in the case ... Read More »

February 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks – “Rogue” edition: Palin buys her own book, an e-book pirate confesses, Rip Torn beats up Norman Mailer, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some rogueish book-related links: Sarah Palin's political action committee buys thousands of copies of Going Rogue An e-book pirate confesses Rip Torn has always been crazy. After all, he once beat the crap out of ... Read More »

February 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Yann Martel sends Yann Martel to Stephen Harper

By Nathan Whitlock

The first rule one learns in today's publishing climate is that an opportunity to promote one's own book should never, ever be passed up. Crank letter writer Renowned author Yann Martel demonstrates this truth with ... Read More »

October 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

NY publishers’ descent from the high life

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In the New York Times, Motoko Rich looks at the dying glitz and glam of the publishing world, which, according to Rich, once "came with a milieu that mixed cultural swagger with pure Manhattan high ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

James Frey, Bible-writer

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In an attempt to extend his already overextended 15 minutes of fame, James Frey will be putting his factual-fictive writing style to use to write the third book of the Bible. From the Guardian: "It's ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

The Twilight guide to battling teen pregnancy

By Nathan Whitlock

The blog Whiskey Fire has directed us to a nutty column by someone named Dr. Miriam Grossman, who feels that Stephenie Myers' Twilight series has a lot to say on the subject of teen sex ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Break up with your book club

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

What happens when a book club's members are mismatched - when the majority wants pop-lit and Oprah's picks versus the classics, or when one member is found without an anecdote to contribute to a conversation ... Read More »

December 9, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Battle of the bloggers, IFOA edition

By Stuart Woods

Toronto author Andrew Westoll has been doing a fine job as the official blogger for this year's International Festival of Authors. In fact, it seems he's been doing such a good job that National Post ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Publisher of controversial Mohammed novel firebombed

By Nathan Whitlock

As previously noted on Quillblog, publication of the novel The Jewel of Medina was canceled by Random House U.S. due to the possibility that it might offend Muslims and perhaps initiate attacks by those at ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Sarah Palin vs libraries

By Nathan Whitlock

There is already more than enough troubling and tawdry whoop-de-doo surrounding Sarah Palin, John McCain's pick for the vice-presidential slot, to make the whole circus worth watching, but this paragraph from a long article in ... Read More »

September 3, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: shamelessness

The ashes of Tasha Tudor and the wisdom of Solomon

Bookmarks – “Rogue” edition: Palin buys her own book, an e-book pirate confesses, Rip Torn beats up Norman Mailer, and more

Yann Martel sends Yann Martel to Stephen Harper

NY publishers’ descent from the high life

James Frey, Bible-writer

The Twilight guide to battling teen pregnancy

Break up with your book club

Battle of the bloggers, IFOA edition

Publisher of controversial Mohammed novel firebombed

Sarah Palin vs libraries

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