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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Seriously. The story is that Terry's brother Darrell asked Coupland “ who put together a book-length tribute, Terry, in 2005 “ to keep an eye out for the van, which most people had lost track ... Read More »
May 20, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
The recent parade of big-budget CanLit film adaptations that began with Emotional Arithmetic and Fugitive Pieces continues this week with the release of The Stone Angel, starring American actress Ellen Burstyn. Not surprisingly, critics are ... Read More »
May 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: Did a Slate critic help save Nabokov's last novel from the flames? (Slate) Ontario senator helps save Joy Kogawa's childhood home (CBC.ca) Duddy Kravitz: The Musical was doomed from the start “ ... Read More »
April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
Some book-related links: Romance writer Cassie Edwards breaks with publisher over plagiarism allegations (CBC.ca) Mark Abley on playoff English (The Gazette) U.K. library's centenary marked with beer (The Citizen) At home with poet Raymond Souster ... Read More »
April 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
Former Toronto Star book critic Philip Marchand was transferred to the paper's film beat almost five months ago, and based on the preponderance of negative reviews he's written since then, one might assume he's eager ... Read More »
April 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
An industry tribute to the late Robert Weaver, who died last Saturday at the age of 87, was held in Toronto's Massey College last night (see photo below). Though it was a small, closed gathering, ... Read More »
January 31, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news
Some book-related links: Books are tops amongst the world's online shoppers (The Guardian) Apparently, reading is good for kids, so they should do it more (Toronto Star) The dumbest space gods in science fiction (io9) ... Read More »
January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
On Saturday, the Toronto Star published a number of eco-themed essays by such CanLit luminaries as David Adams Richards, Margaret Atwood, Jane Urquhart, Austin Clarke, Robert Bateman, Wayne Grady, John Wilson, and Stephen Marche. (True ... Read More »
January 21, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
Some library-related links: Libraries saved... outside of Chatham, Ontario, anyway (Chatham Daily News) Libraries doing okay... in Toronto, anyway (Toronto Star) Libraries doing better than ever! (Toronto Star) But there's porn in the library! (The ... Read More »
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