The Vancouver Sun has published an article entitled "What does it take to be a bestseller?" It's interesting, if you have a taste for the behind-the-scenes workings of bookselling, but I'll give you the dinner party nugget: The number four book on the British Columbia bestseller list is a book about chainsaws. I kid you … Continue reading Take Off, Eh?
Archipelago Books wins NEA Grant for Translation
Brooklyn-based Archipelago Books has won a International Literature Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Publishers Weekly reports, "The National Endowment for the Arts has named the three recipients of its International Literature Awards, which grant $10,000 to small presses to publish works in translation."Magers and Quinn is pleased to have a large supply … Continue reading Archipelago Books wins NEA Grant for Translation
Fancy Meeting You Here
Orhan Pamuk's in New York, as you know if you're a regular reader. Now comes word that stalkers of Martin Amis will need to put Manchester on their travel schedules. He's accepted a teaching post there.