by Becky Robertson

Book Links: Pearson to sell PRH stake; Microsoft gets into the ebook business

Pearson looks to sell 47 per cent Penguin Random House stake to Bertelsmann after Pearson's stock market value drops £2 billion. (The Guardian) Vancouver council won't let fish and chip shop expand due to "offensive" literary name. ... Read More »

January 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks shutters after almost two decades

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver indie Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks is set to close down at the end of February after nearly 20 years of bookselling and events. Frequented by culinary giants like Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Bourdain, the ... Read More »

January 17, 2017 | Filed under: Bookselling

Daily Deals: ECW Press acquires novels by Joey Comeau and Jen Neale, and hockey book by Rob Vollman

By Becky Robertson

ECW Press creative director Crissy Calhoun has acquired a new novel by Halifax writer and A Softer Word webcomic co-creator Joey Comeau. Malgash tells of a girl coping with her father's cancer diagnosis, and the ... Read More »

January 17, 2017

National Book Critics Circle recognizes Margaret Atwood with lifetime achievement award

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood adds to her countless accolades with a new honour from the U.S. National Book Critics Circle. The organization today named the author the winner of its Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement, while it ... Read More »

January 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Writers resist Trump as inauguration approaches; Prince Charles co-authors a children’s book

By Becky Robertson

Writers host "counterinaugural" events throughout the U.S. (The Boston Globe) Prince Charles makes his literary debut by co-authoring a new Ladybird book. (BBC) South Africa's Exclusive Books transfers its e-reading customers to Kobo. (Exclusive Books) ... Read More »

January 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Daily Deals: Penguin to publish new Claire Holden Rothman novel; Greystone acquires Secret Life of Trees follow-up

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley and paperback editor Shima Aoki have acquired Canadian English-language rights to a new novel by Governor General’s Award finalist and two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize nominee Claire Holden Rothman. Lear's Shadow is ... Read More »

January 16, 2017

Anita Rau Badami to chair 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

By Becky Robertson

The 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury has been announced. Montreal-based author Anita Rau Badami – a finalist for last year's Canada Reads competition and whose accolades include a Marian Engel Award win and longlist nods from the ... Read More »

January 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Exorcist author William Peter Blatty dies; four-year-old reads 1,000 books

By Becky Robertson

U.S. politician and civil rights activist John Lewis sees his book sales peak after Trump tweet criticizes him of all talk, no action. (A.V. Club) The Exorcist author William Peter Blatty dies at 89. (Los ... Read More »

January 16, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Kingston writers group sponsors Syrian authors

By Becky Robertson

A group of writers in Kingston‚ Ontario, is doing its part to aid in the current international refugee crisis‚ and to support authors persecuted overseas. The Kingston Writers’ Refugee Committee welcomed accomplished Syrian writer and publishing ... Read More »

January 12, 2017

Book Links: Get ready to steal a new Haruki Murakami novel; Percy Jackson author protests bathroom bill

By Becky Robertson

Haruki Murakami is releasing a new novel next month (Good e-Reader) ... for Canadians to steal. (Publishing Perspectives) Toronto poet Rupi Kaur's milk and honey named to USA Today's list of 100 books everyone’s reading right ... Read More »

January 12, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

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Book Links: Pearson to sell PRH stake; Microsoft gets into the ebook business

Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks shutters after almost two decades

Daily Deals: ECW Press acquires novels by Joey Comeau and Jen Neale, and hockey book by Rob Vollman

National Book Critics Circle recognizes Margaret Atwood with lifetime achievement award

Book Links: Writers resist Trump as inauguration approaches; Prince Charles co-authors a children’s book

Daily Deals: Penguin to publish new Claire Holden Rothman novel; Greystone acquires Secret Life of Trees follow-up

Anita Rau Badami to chair 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

Book Links: Exorcist author William Peter Blatty dies; four-year-old reads 1,000 books

Kingston writers group sponsors Syrian authors

Book Links: Get ready to steal a new Haruki Murakami novel; Percy Jackson author protests bathroom bill

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