1989

1989   The National Book Trust administers the Booker Prize in the UK. The organization appears to be networked with everyone, with connections to anything and everything connected to books. Its motto is “inspiring a love of books.” Notice that it’s all about books, not about writers.   As well as the Booker, the Trust [...]

The Decline of Reading: QED

… or the decline of looting?

Long Form Thinking

Gordon Lockheed introduces a new term into his series about the book publishing industry crisis.

Rioting Police, Mayors Who Won’t March and other stories

Wally Hourback, writing from North Bay, comments on some recent news items

What To Do With the Writers’ Union of Canada

Brian Fawcett goes to the Writers’ Union of Canada AGM and doesn’t find it relevant or much fun

Tunisian Postcards

Margaret Randall reports from Tunisia.

Book Prizes and Education

Jean Baird files a think piece about the how Canadian writing is no longer taught in our secondary and middle schools and why it happened.

A Post Election Rant

Norbert Ruebsaat thinks Stephen Harper is a Dungeons and Dragons politician, and he thinks even less of NDP leader Jack Layton

1988

We’re going to bring Jeans reports closer to the present in the next several weeks, so get ready to follow them in quick succession.

Scenes from the Digital Revolution #467

In accordance with our “Always glad to help a fella on the make” rules, Gordon Lockheed answers a letter.

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