by Becky Robertson

Book Links: Audiobooks are the new print-killer; banning Kermit the Frog; a £230 dinner at Hogwarts

Forget ebooks – audiobooks are outselling print books, sometimes as much as four times more than their written counterparts. (MarketWatch) Tea Party chair requests U.N.-sponsored Kermit the Frog book be banned for depictions of war, ... Read More »

December 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Rosemary Sullivan, Sheila Watt-Cloutier among 2016 B.C. National Non-fiction Award finalists

By Becky Robertson

The B.C. Achievement Foundation has revealed the shortlist for the 12th annual B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Out of a 10-person longlist, culled from 137 submissions by 35 Canadian publishers, the jury – Simon ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

By Becky Robertson

Toronto- and Montreal-based author and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald – who is currently serving as Concordia University's inaugural Mordecai Richler writer-in-residence – will see her debut 1996 novel Fall on Your Knees adapted into a four-part CBC ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Alexis, Penny, Reid represent Canadians on 2015 Amazon.ca bestseller lists

By Becky Robertson

André Alexis, Louise Penny, and Raziel Reid are the three lone Canadians on Amazon.ca's lists of 2015 bestselling titles. Amazon.ca's overall top-selling books list was led by Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train, and ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Bestsellers, Book news

2015 RBC Taylor Prize longlist revealed, juror Steven Galloway steps down

By Becky Robertson

The longlist for this year's RBC Taylor Prize for Canadian literary non-fiction has been announced. The jury – comprising Susanne Boyce, former CTV content and creative president; novelist Steven Galloway; and Stephen J. Toope, director of ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Margaret Atwood tries her hand at graphica with new series

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood has signed a three-book deal with Oregon-based publisher Dark Horse to write a series of graphic novels. Atwood's comic story will focus on the character Angel Catbird, a part-human, part-cat, part-owl superhero, and will ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Book Links: Russians (voluntarily) reading War and Peace in 60 hours straight; George Saunders reads a bedtime story; what would Michael Stipe read?

By Becky Robertson

Russia has 1,300 people – including an orbiting cosmonaut – (voluntarily) reading Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace live on the web in a 60-hour marathon. (BBC) Amazon releases list of its bestselling books for 2015. ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Personnel changes and promotions at PRH Canada

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House Canada has the following personnel changes to announce: Senior executive sales director Janet Joy Wilson now oversees all client publisher business, adding Bloomsbury Young Readers, Candlewick Press, Europa Editions, and National Geographic ... Read More »

December 8, 2015

Agency change: WLU Press

By Becky Robertson

Effective Jan. 1, Ampersand Inc. will provide ... Read More »

December 8, 2015

Book Links: Atwood urges for Nobel Laureate’s release from prison; new Oprah memoir forthcoming

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood among writers appealing to the Chinese government for release of Nobel Prize–winning poet Liu Xiabo on the seventh anniversary of his arrest. (The Guardian) New York Public Library opens reading-recommendations booth. (Galleycat) Mexico ... Read More »

December 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Audiobooks are the new print-killer; banning Kermit the Frog; a £230 dinner at Hogwarts

Rosemary Sullivan, Sheila Watt-Cloutier among 2016 B.C. National Non-fiction Award finalists

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

Alexis, Penny, Reid represent Canadians on 2015 Amazon.ca bestseller lists

2015 RBC Taylor Prize longlist revealed, juror Steven Galloway steps down

Margaret Atwood tries her hand at graphica with new series

Book Links: Russians (voluntarily) reading War and Peace in 60 hours straight; George Saunders reads a bedtime story; what would Michael Stipe read?

Personnel changes and promotions at PRH Canada

Agency change: WLU Press

Book Links: Atwood urges for Nobel Laureate’s release from prison; new Oprah memoir forthcoming

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