Search Results by tag: creative writing

Not all lost books are happy to be found

When lost books by well-known authors are found, it is usually an occasion for celebration. Not in the case of a non-fiction book about oil exploration written by Wallace Stegner, an award-winning novelist and creative ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Have your say: day jobs for authors

By Nathan Whitlock

Q&Q is doing some informal research on the best day jobs for authors. What jobs provide the most flexible schedules to accommodate creative writing? What jobs provide the best raw material or inspiration for fiction? ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Surviving the MFA

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Dooney's Cafe site, John Harris offers a survey of the career of Canadian author Robert Harlow, who was also the head of UBC's creative writing program. The piece argues that too much exposure ... Read More »

September 6, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

MtvU names first poet laureate

By Nathan Whitlock

MtvU, a branch of MTV that broadcasts on 750 U.S. college campuses, announced this week that it has chosen its first poet laureate, The New York Times reports. And while names such as Bob Dylan ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Professors Rushdie and Amis

By Leigh Anne Williams

Nearly everyone has a bad Valentine's Day story – and there are undoubtedly a few more out there after yesterday – but few can top Salman Rushdie's. The Ayatollah Khomeini's murderous fatwa against the author ... Read More »

February 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Writing reality TV

By Alison Jones

This past Sunday, Book Television started airing its reality series, 3-Day Novel Contest. Indigo and Book Television teamed up to produce the eight-part program, which follows 12 contestants as they live and write for the ... Read More »

February 7, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Caution: Gangstas reading

By Alison Jones

As reported in yesterday's The Globe and Mail print edition, 50 Cent, the multi-platinum selling rapper, wants to get young African American men interested in reading. (The article is available for purchase online or free ... Read More »

January 9, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The 3-Day Novel Contest on BookTelevision

By Nathan Whitlock

It's reality TV, but it's fiction. Many would argue that all reality television is fiction, but in this case, the digital channel BookTelevision plans to film and broadcast the writing of fiction. The typical writer ... Read More »

September 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Wither and die

By Leigh Anne Williams

Francine Prose, whom Quillblog likes a lot, has a new book out called Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them. There's an online-only ... Read More »

July 20, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Addressing the needs of young readers, part 2

By Scott MacDonald

In Edinburgh, Scotland, where unemployment has risen to over 18% and 23% of households fall under the low-income threshold, stability has been found in a somewhat unlikely place: a local library. Turning young, rambunctious patrons ... Read More »

April 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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