Search Results by tag: Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Harry Potter and "Don't Stop Believin'"

By Leigh Anne Williams

Pottermania is revving up, and Maclean's books columnist Brian Bethune has a thoughtful cover story about the imminent finale of the series. The burning question, of course, is whether Rowling will allow her hero to ... Read More »

July 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Battle of the bestselling wizards

By Nathan Whitlock

Harry Potter may be approaching his grand finale but he may still have something to learn from an older master of magic. According to The Guardian: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has, for the ... Read More »

April 18, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Better than Ondaatje?

By Alison Jones

The Independent posted an excerpt of an article originally published in the UK-based Mslexia magazine, in which Danuta Kean discusses the process of bringing great books to the big screen. The article references recent films ... Read More »

April 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Jane Austen more popular than Jesus in Britain

By Nathan Whitlock

The BBC reports that Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice topped a survey of more than 2,000 British book lovers as the book they just couldn't live without, besting The Bible, which was sixth from the ... Read More »

March 2, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Put down the scissors

By Alison Jones

In a post on The Guardian's book blogs, Kathryn Hughes discusses the publication of compact versions of classic novels. Hughes supports the idea of cutting out the “ambling byways, baffling dead-ends and sudden jumps of ... Read More »

February 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

J.K. Rowling slept here

By Nathan Whitlock

The BBC reports that author J.K. Rowling marked the completion of her last Harry Potter novel by scribbling on a decorative statue in a room at the posh Edinburgh Balmoral Hotel, where she had been ... Read More »

February 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

By Leigh Anne Williams

Let the media frenzy and the court injunctions begin: the publication date for the seventh and final Harry Potter novel has been announced. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will hit bookstore shelves worldwide – ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Banning literary sequels

By Alison Jones

Mediabistro’s Galley Cat brings attention to an ongoing legal battle over the intellectual property rights to Victor Hugo’s classic Les Misérables. Pierre Hugo, the author’s great-great-grandson, is fighting to remove two sequels written by Francois ... Read More »

January 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Big in France

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Observer takes a closer look at the Big Frankfurt Book, Jonathan Littell's Les Bienveillantes, which has been published in French and will be translated to English for 2008 publication (McClelland & Stewart has Canadian ... Read More »

November 16, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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