Search Results by tag: The National Post

Bookmarks: Fall blockbuster books, vampires, and “glowy magic”

Sundry links from around the Web: Proof the world is going to hell: rapper 50 Cent writes "motivational philosophy" in a new book sporting an eerily Biblical cover Atwood, Munro, and Coupland, oh my! The ... Read More »

September 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks, Britlit edition: Amis, McEwan, and Mitchell

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Ian McEwan tells the Guardian's Alison Flood about his new novel ... Read More »

August 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Lahiri vs. Gallant, Calvin and Hobbes, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more

By Suzanne Gardner

Some bookish links: The National Post reports on Jhumpa Lahiri's 53-page interview with Mavis Gallant in the summer 2009 issue of Granta, a back-and-forth battle in which Lahiri constantly works to make her presence felt, ... Read More »

July 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi joins fight against Iranian “coup d’Ã©tat”

By Nathan Whitlock

The National Post points us to a story in ADN Kronos about Persepolis author (and director of the film version) Marjane Satrapi's efforts to expose what many believe was an enormous electoral fraud in last ... Read More »

June 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ondaatje plaque unveiled

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog is a bit late with this one, but would be remiss not to acknowledge the unveiling last Thursday of a plaque commemorating Michael Ondaatje's iconic Toronto novel In the Skin of a Lion. The ... Read More »

April 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Debut novel paints unflattering familial portrait: novelist’s family upset

By Steven W. Beattie

Apologize, Apologize! is not just the title of Elizabeth Kelly's debut novel, it's also what her estranged brother is demanding she do on account of the way their family is represented in the book. According ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Kindle 2 not coming to Canada

By Stuart Woods

This week, Amazon unveiled Kindle 2, but the thinner, sleeker e-reader is still not available in Canada. That means Canadians will have to wait to read Stephen King's lastest novella, which is a Kindle-only exclusive. ... Read More »

February 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not star the young wizard from Hogwarts, but J.K. Rowling's latest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, has become the fastest-selling title of 2008. According to Reuters (by way of the National ... Read More »

December 17, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

By Steven W. Beattie

In preparation for tomorrow's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala award ceremony, the National Post has recruited a cadre of industry insiders, authors, and commentators for a special online roundtable about literary awards and their effects on ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Phil Marchand lands at the National Post

By Nathan Whitlock

Longtime Toronto Star book critic Phil Marchand, who switched jobs with former Star film critic Geoff Pevere at the beginning of this year, has now begun what is being promised as a weekly books column ... Read More »

September 29, 2008

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