by Becky Robertson

Book Links: New Millennium installment will strike new tone; Smashwords reveals self-pub data; Andy Weir on his next novel

New Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel will be written in different, Chandler-like style. (The Telegraph) Smashwords survey finds preorders earn more, longer books sell better for self-published titles. (Good e-Reader) Netflix CEO Reed Hastings ... Read More »

April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Daily Deal: ECW acquires sports-journalism collection edited by Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla

By Becky Robertson

ECW Press editor Jen Knoch has acquired world rights to Best Canadian Sports Writing, edited by Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla. The title, releasing in fall 2017, is a collection of recent journalism that draws ... Read More »

April 19, 2016

Hal Niedzviecki joins serialization trend with his new novel, The Archaeologists

By Becky Robertson

Taking a tip from Dickens, writers and publishers – including Toronto author Gare Joyce, Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, and Stephen King, along with his publisher, Scribner – are heading a revival of serialized books. Toronto ... Read More »

April 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Awards: Wab Kinew, Tracey Lindberg, Emily Urquhart shortlisted for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

By Becky Robertson

Rakuten Kobo has released the shortlists for its second annual Emerging Writer Prize, awarding $10,000 and book-marketing support to three self- or traditionally published Canadian authors. The shortlists were selected by a team of booksellers ... Read More »

April 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Isabelle Daunais wins $100,000 Killam Prize in Humanities

By Becky Robertson

McGill University has named Isabelle Daunais winner of this year's Killam Prize in Humanities. Daunais – a French-language and literature professor and Canada Research Chair in the Esthetics and Art of the Novel – is ... Read More »

April 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: David Huebert wins CBC Short Story Prize; Pulitzer Prize winners; Supreme Court rejects appeal against Google Books

By Becky Robertson

David Huebert wins 2016 CBC Short Story Prize. (CBC Books) Debut novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners. (GalleyCat) Supreme Court rejects Authors Guild's case against Google Books. (Computer World) Research shows ... Read More »

April 19, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian Cloud Library offers digital Canadian non-fiction texts to high schools

By Becky Robertson

Canadian high school students have a new way to engage with non-fiction texts thanks to the Canadian Cloud Library, a subscription-based service launched by Peter McCarney of McCarney and Associates educational wholesaling, and Jim Lorimer ... Read More »

April 18, 2016

Daily Deal: M&S acquires book by foreign correspondent Sonia Verma

By Becky Robertson

McClelland & Stewart/Signal publisher Doug Pepper has acquired world rights to a book on Canadian and Saudi Arabian relations by Qatar-based Canadian journalist Sonia Verma. The non-fiction work, tentatively titled Canada and Saudi Arabia, will ... Read More »

April 18, 2016

Awards: Alix Christie and Nicholas Ruddock among finalists for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

By Becky Robertson

Canadians Alix Christie and Nicholas Ruddock, along with four other international writers, including Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlister Petina Gappah, have been shortlisted for the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. U.K.-based ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Awards: Bow, Oppel, Lawson, and Smith win 2016 Canadian Library Association Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Library Association has announced the winners of its annual book awards, judged by a selection of librarians from across the country. Kenneth Oppel won the Book of the Year for Children award for ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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Book Links: New Millennium installment will strike new tone; Smashwords reveals self-pub data; Andy Weir on his next novel

Daily Deal: ECW acquires sports-journalism collection edited by Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla

Hal Niedzviecki joins serialization trend with his new novel, The Archaeologists

Awards: Wab Kinew, Tracey Lindberg, Emily Urquhart shortlisted for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Awards: Isabelle Daunais wins $100,000 Killam Prize in Humanities

Book Links: David Huebert wins CBC Short Story Prize; Pulitzer Prize winners; Supreme Court rejects appeal against Google Books

Canadian Cloud Library offers digital Canadian non-fiction texts to high schools

Daily Deal: M&S acquires book by foreign correspondent Sonia Verma

Awards: Alix Christie and Nicholas Ruddock among finalists for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

Awards: Bow, Oppel, Lawson, and Smith win 2016 Canadian Library Association Awards

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