Category: words

The usual publishers’ rows, sponsor complaints and judges’ griping behind England’s top literary prize. – Salon

– four new novels and a collection of essays. – Publisher’s Weekly

JM Coetzee won for his novel “Disgrace” – previously won in 1983 for “The Life and Times of Michael K.” – BBC
     AND: More on Coetzee. London Telegraph
     AND: Washington Post account, New York Times report

“No literary background, a volcanic temperament and a history of colossal bad judgment.” Be afraid. – The Nation

Selling new books is where the glamour (and much of the money) is. But for independent bookstores, publishing’s backlists are the main course. – Publisher’s Weekly
     AND: New book chronicles the personal ups and downs of running an independent store. – Seattle Times 10/21/99

Never have there been so many books and so many things written about them in so many places. And literary reviews have probably never mattered less. Has American literary criticism burned itself out? – Village Voice

Japanese publisher says it will appeal the government ban of a book documenting with letters the homosexual love life of well-known writer Yukio Mishima, who died in 1970. – CBC

Internet media are exploding, and stories in traditional media about dot-coms are as hot as the tech IPO’s. What’s behind the hype? – Washington Post

How is it that the lists for Canada’s top two literary prizes are so stunningly different? – National Post
   AND: Small presses triumph in Governor General’s list.– Toronto Globe and Mail 10/20/99

Robert Gottlieb was the last real editor at the New Yorker. The wreckage of “Talk” magazine underlines the real failures of the Tina Brown years at the venerable literary mag. – Boston Globe