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Bookmarks: RIP Pinter, another phony memoir, and more

Some book-related stories and developments over the holidays:

• Good thing writers aren’t in it for the fame. As the National Post reports, nearly half of Canadians can’t name a single Canadian author.
• The Guardian obit for Harold Pinter, an appreciation by Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema, and a less appreciative consideration by Tim Walker, who wonders why the playwright had to be such a bummer.
• The New York Times has the full scoop on the latest phony memoir, this one a Holocaust-related love story that took in Oprah as well as a major publisher.
• Entertainment Weekly breaks down the surprise court ruling that could endanger the upcoming release of the long-awaited film adaptation of the classic graphic novel Watchmen.
• Griffin-winning poet Don McKay and former Playwrights Canada Press publisher Angela Rebeiro are named members of the Order of Canada.
• In The Washington Post, former Harcourt publisher André Bernard ponders the state of his industry and pays tribute to Robert Giroux.

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