by Alison Potstra

2009 ReLit Award Winners Announced

The 2009 ReLit Award winners have been announced. From the press release: Short fiction: Lisa Foad, The Night Is a Mouth (Exile Editions) Poetry: Maurice Mierau, Fear Not (Turnstone Press) Novel: Michael Blouin, Chase & ... Read More »

September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Harvard library director says the book is NOT dead

By Alison Potstra

Despite Google's "colonization of e-books," the advent of the Kindle Reader, and today's publication of The Lost Symbol, Harvard University's library director, Robert Darnton, argues in Publisher's Weekly that the book is not dead, nor shall ... Read More »

September 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Farewell to “punk rock poet” Jim Carroll and mystery writer Lyn Hamilton

By Alison Potstra

Canadian mystery writer Lyn Hamilton passed away last Thursday at the age of 65. The Toronto-based writer, who was known for Chinese Alchemist, The Xibalba Murders and her globe-trotting heroine Lara McClintoch, died of cancer. According ... Read More »

September 15, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Libraries

Bookmarks: sexy Dan Brown, Mein Kampf manga, and the Electric Literature YouTube channel

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Is this the end of the Free Library of Philadelphia?: all free libraries in the city of brotherly love could close on Oct. 2 Dan Brown's latest literary endeavour hits shelves ... Read More »

September 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Bookmarks: Fall blockbuster books, vampires, and “glowy magic”

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Proof the world is going to hell: rapper 50 Cent writes "motivational philosophy" in a new book sporting an eerily Biblical cover Atwood, Munro, and Coupland, oh my! The ... Read More »

September 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Douglas Coupland video clips available on iTunes

By Alison Potstra

Fans of quirky writer, visual artist, and Canadian cultural icon Douglas Coupland can watch three free video clips inspired by his new novel Generation A via the iTunes Store. Set in the near future, Generation A ... Read More »

September 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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2009 ReLit Award Winners Announced

Harvard library director says the book is NOT dead

Farewell to “punk rock poet” Jim Carroll and mystery writer Lyn Hamilton

Bookmarks: sexy Dan Brown, Mein Kampf manga, and the Electric Literature YouTube channel

Bookmarks: Fall blockbuster books, vampires, and “glowy magic”

Douglas Coupland video clips available on iTunes

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