Category: publishing

“Being an octogenarian is just a hobby of mine,” Tom Wolfe, 81, says with a laugh, “something I do at night.”

“We all feel for you – my pals parchment, clay tablet, cave walls, the whole gang. But as technology marches on, it’s time to move out of the way.”

And so began the book readings (and lingerie buying opportunities).

Unless you’re in Toronto, probably not.

Book critic Ron Charles barely ekes out a piece after experimenting with Kindle-based reviewing.

And letting go of the guilt over killing bookstores.

Andrew Piper: “Reading isn’t only a matter of our brains; it’s something that we do with our bodies. … Unlike books, we cannot feel the impressions of the digital. The touch of the page brings us into the world, while the screen keeps us out.”

“Really, it’s an awful field. Just torture. Awful. You write and write, and you have to throw almost all of it away because it’s not any good. I would say just stop now. You don’t want to do this to yourself. That’s my advice to you.”

“James Wood’s writing has nothing to do with the rehashed press releases that are called book reviews and appear even, or especially, in the pages of major newspapers. He writes Criticism, situating every book that crosses his desk on a map of literature.”

“Women dominate the winner’s circle for the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Awards, with authors Linda Spalding and Susin Nielsen, and illustrator Isabelle Arsenault among this year’s English-language laureates.”