In Saturday’s National Post, I explore the spate of new theatres and film series popping up across the city; also, I profile the novelist Alissa York, whose new book, Fauna, recently hit stores.
Over on The Afterword, I talk to Jane Mount about her Ideal Bookshelf project.
Agent vs. Publisher: The issue of authors’ royalties in the age of e-books prompts much muscle-flexing in the industry. Could the Andrew Wylie/Random House situation happen in Canada?
In Thursday’s National Post: The bite-sized Bard: Eric Kim distills Shakespeare’s plays their barest, two-panel essence.
In today’s National Post I talk to Lisa Moore and Emma Donoghue, two Canadian authors on the longlist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize.
Her Big Move: How Nanaimo real estate agent Rene Unischewski remade herself as Chevy Stevens.
Seth recently redesigned long-running literary journal Canadian Notes and Queries; I take a look at the results in today’s National Post.
Over on The Afterword I have a Q&A with Bill Clegg, author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man.
In today’s National Post I look at Mike Bryan’s appointment as president of Penguin Canada.