Search Results by tag: Toronto Star

New York state of mind

The Toronto Star checks in on McNally Robinson New York, and finds that manager Sarah McNally is displaying such books as Annabel Lyon's The Best Thing for You and Richard B. Wright's Clara Callan, and ... Read More »

February 28, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

From Giller glitz to Da Vinci decoding

By Leigh Anne Williams

With award season now having wound fully down, readers who missed Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand's post-Giller musings will find them worth a look. He writes: "Literary scholars have a word for those little parts ... Read More »

November 29, 2004 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

Berton's got the munchies

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's probably safe to say that few readers of august CanLit legend Pierre Berton have ever imagined him giggling away while watching The Wizard of Oz and simultaneously listening to Dark Side of the Moon. ... Read More »

October 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The wrath of a vampire queen

By Leigh Anne Williams

Earlier this year, Amazon inadvertently outed a number of authors who'd posted glowing "customer reviews" of their own books, or their friends' books. Now the online bookselling giant's reviews section is in the news again; ... Read More »

September 22, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Tattoo you

By Leigh Anne Williams

There's been more ink spilled in the mainstream press on Doug Pepper's plans to reshape McClelland & Stewart since taking over as president earlier this year. Judy Stoffman writes in the Toronto Star that Pepper ... Read More »

September 7, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Marchand returns to take on Clinton

By Leigh Anne Williams

Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand has apparently finished his leave of absence. He returns to the paper in Thursday's edition to address what's certainly the hottest Toronto book story of the week -- former President ... Read More »

August 5, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The disappearing Canadian bestseller

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's ostensibly a review of Francis Wheen's Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons And The Erosion Of Common Sense (Public Affairs/HarperCollins), but Noah Richler's latest Toronto Star column is typically far-ranging. He ... Read More »

June 28, 2004 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Remembering Jack

By Leigh Anne Williams

The death of Jack McClelland has of course received a great deal of coverage in Tuesday's major papers. The Toronto Star's publishing reporter, Judy Stoffman, turns in a long survey of his life and career, ... Read More »

June 15, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

It's Griffin week in the media

By Leigh Anne Williams

Griffin glory is the subject of media coverage this week, with the winners of the annual poetry prize set to be named on Thursday.Globe and Mail reporter Rebecca Caldwell interviewed this year's jury on the ... Read More »

May 31, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The adults are all right

By Leigh Anne Williams

Somewhere in Noah Richler's latest Toronto Star column, there's an admiring review of Miriam Toews's new novel, A Complicated Kindness (Knopf Canada). But first there are some pokes at uppity young folks, some fond memories ... Read More »

May 3, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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