by Becky Robertson

Book Links: Bob Dylan will not attend Nobel ceremony; Amazon picks best books of 2016

Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin (Creative Commons) Bob Dylan confirms he won't attend the ceremony honouring his Nobel Prize win. (BBC) Oxford Dictionaries names "post-truth" word of the year after Trump and Brexit. (The Independent) More authors ... Read More »

November 16, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Margaret Atwood marks Day of the Imprisoned Writer; a short story with your wine?

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood among authors writing letters of solidarity to imprisoned writers. (The Guardian) Kids' book authors launch #KidLitSafetyPins movement following the U.S. election results. (BookRiot) Would you like a short story with your wine? (GalleyCat) ... Read More »

November 15, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Author Amber McMillan faces backlash for Protection Island memoir

By Becky Robertson

Residents of a small B.C. community are expressing anger toward author Amber McMillan's memoir of her time spent living among them. The Woods: A Year on Protection Island (Nightwood Editions) details McMillan's 12 months in the ... Read More »

November 14, 2016

Book Links: Seuss vs. Star Trek; Leonard Cohen’s final interview

By Becky Robertson

Nineteen authors and their typewriters. (Mental Floss) Kobo Aura One sells out in U.S., leaving American readers to order from Indigo. (Teleread) Listen to Leonard Cohen's final interview, with New Yorker editor David Remnick. (Open Culture) J.R.R. Tolkien biopic ... Read More »

November 14, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Naomi Klein wins 2016 Sydney Peace Prize

By Becky Robertson

Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein has been named winner of Australia's Sydney Peace Prize. The prize‚ meant to honour public figures who "promote peace‚ justice‚ and non-violence‚" comes with a $50,000 (AU) purse. ... Read More »

November 11, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Daily Deals: Hamish Hamilton to publish Yasuko Thanh memoir

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired Canadian English-language rights to a forthcoming memoir by 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winner Yasuko Thanh. Mistakes to Run With‚ about the author's childhood and years as a sex worker‚ will appear ... Read More »

November 10, 2016

Daily Deals: ECW acquires FedEx Express Canada president’s memoir; Audible acquires Elizabeth Philips novel

By Becky Robertson

ECW Press co-publishers Jack David and David Caron have acquired world English-language rights to a part memoir‚ part leadership guide by Lisa Lisson‚ who became the first female president of FedEx Express Canada while suffering a ... Read More »

November 9, 2016

Book Links: The literary world reacts to Donald Trump’s win

By Becky Robertson

Authors (LitHub), including J.K. Rowling (Entertainment Weekly)‚ and the literary community (Twitter) react to Donald Trump's win. A look at the authors who do support the new president-elect. (The Los Angeles Times) Tim Kaine quotes ... Read More »

November 9, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Daily Deals: Janice Lynn Mather signs two YA novels with S&S; Sonny Assu history sells in the U.S.

By Becky Robertson

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers assistant editor Catherine Laudone has acquired North American English-language rights to Learning to Breathe and a second untitled YA novel by debut B.C. author Janice Lynn Mather. The ... Read More »

November 8, 2016

Book Links: PRH’s new book app; machine judges books by their covers

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House launches new book discovery app in U.K. (GalleyCat) Researchers create machine to judge books by their covers. (MIT Technology Review) Newly discovered Anne Frank poem goes to auction. (Entertainment Weekly) Adobe creates technology ... Read More »

November 8, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Bob Dylan will not attend Nobel ceremony; Amazon picks best books of 2016

Book Links: Margaret Atwood marks Day of the Imprisoned Writer; a short story with your wine?

Author Amber McMillan faces backlash for Protection Island memoir

Book Links: Seuss vs. Star Trek; Leonard Cohen’s final interview

Awards: Naomi Klein wins 2016 Sydney Peace Prize

Daily Deals: Hamish Hamilton to publish Yasuko Thanh memoir

Daily Deals: ECW acquires FedEx Express Canada president’s memoir; Audible acquires Elizabeth Philips novel

Book Links: The literary world reacts to Donald Trump’s win

Daily Deals: Janice Lynn Mather signs two YA novels with S&S; Sonny Assu history sells in the U.S.

Book Links: PRH’s new book app; machine judges books by their covers

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