The top 50 scary short stories of all time R.L. Stine celebrates Halloween by posting new short story on Twitter ... Read More »
October 31, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Nancy Rose never anticipated that her hobby of photographing wildlife in her backyard would result in a book deal. But when Rose – a high-school guidance counsellor from Bedford, Nova Scotia – began taking staged ... Read More »
October 30, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing
Margaret Atwood among 17 authors auctioning character names for charity Hamilton, Ontario, train car converted to Larry Paikin Literary Express library Marvel adds more than 250 digital comics to Kobo catalogue HarperCollins launches behind-the-scenes podcast ... Read More »
October 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
On Oct. 21, more than 100 multidisciplinary cultural advocates from across the country participated in Canadian Arts Coalition’s fifth Arts Day on the Hill in Ottawa. The event aims to increase federal funding for arts ... Read More »
October 27, 2014
Alzheimer's researcher calls for clinical trials of William S. Burroughs' drug cure Vatican Apostolic Library gives free access to 4,000 newly digitized ancient manuscripts Vanity Fair profiles "most famous independent bookstore in the world" Classical ... Read More »
October 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Four hundred students participated in the Strong Girls, Strong World conference at Toronto's Central Technical School on Oct. 23. Each student received a copy of Every Day is Malala Day (Second Story Press), written by ... Read More »
October 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture
David Balzer examines how the art world's obsession with "curationism" came to influence our personal reading identities The widely loathed, widely used contemporary action word “curate” can be traced back to performance. The adjective “curated” ... Read More »
October 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Digital publishing and technology
Simon & Schuster signs contract with Amazon over ebook pricing Margaret Atwood hosts Stone Mattress writing contest on Wattpad San Antonio International Airport first to install free ebook terminals Accessible formats still a challenge for ... Read More »
October 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Christopher Manfredi, dean of McGill University's Faculty of Arts, announced the finalists for the seventh annual Cundill Prize in Historical Literature yesterday. The prize is administered with the help of the McGill Institute for the ... Read More »
October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
On Oct. 25, the Toronto Public Library's Bloor/Gladstone branch will transform into an after-hours, prohibition-era speakeasy, when New Collection – one of the TPL Foundation's members’ programs aimed at younger patrons – throws their second ... Read More »
October 20, 2014
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