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CanLitThe ColophonWriters and Writing

Fail better: Stephen Marche on the one constant in a writer’s life

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

Failure is inevitable because perfection is unattainable.

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CanLitNovelsThe Horror Show

The debut novel by Jessica Johns reclaims Indigenous horror tropes in a story about pervasive familial grief

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

What is apparent throughout Bad Cree is Johns's facility for dealing with the rocky and tumultuous terrain of familial memory.

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Non-fictionReadingThe Colophon

Emma Smith’s Portable Magic is a conversational meander through the use and abuse of books in history

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

Smith guides readers through almost six centuries in which the technology of the codex has remained relatively unchanged.

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PublishingThe Colophon

U.S. judge Florence Pan rules against publishers in decision blocking the merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

The U.S. Department of Justice called the ruling "a victory for authors, readers, and the free exchange of ideas."

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PublishingThe Colophon

Stephen King and Jonathan Karp square off in the early days of the DoJ/PRH/S&S antitrust suit

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

"When I started in this business, there were literally hundreds of imprints, and some of them were run by people with extremely idiosyncratic tastes, one might say."

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Publishing

Final briefs filed in PRH/S&S merger fight with U.S. Department of Justice

July 26, 2022July 28, 2022

The suit to block the proposed merger is set to begin in a Washington, D.C., court on Monday, August 1.

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The ColophonWriters and Writing

America’s Next Great Author makes lofty promises for what amounts to the ongoing gamification of literature

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022

The notion that a televised competition could produce a "great" writer (always paying careful attention to how the producers define that notoriously slippery word) is questionable at best.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort FictionThe Horror Show

31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 13: “Dread” by Clive Barker

May 13, 2022June 14, 2022

Barker’s psychologically tense story examines the price we pay for confronting our darkest fears.

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International LiteraturePublishingThe Colophon

Alfred A. Knopf announces two new novels from Cormac McCarthy, the first in eighteen years

March 9, 2022June 14, 2022

The novels will be published individually in October and November, followed by a box set in December.

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PoliticsPublishingThe Colophon

“We are in the epicentre of hell”: Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine spurs condemnation from writers and publishers in Europe and abroad

March 1, 2022June 14, 2022

Groups of writers and publishers from Europe and elsewhere gather together in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion of February 24.

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