by Dory Cerny

Margaret Atwood FT(Nobel)W?, Sinead O’Connor to dish on past lovers in memoir, and more

Could another Canadian win the Nobel for literature? Sinead O'Connor promises “the sexual dirt on everyone I’ve ever slept with” in memoir to be published in 2016 Agatha Christie's missing jewels being auctioned today Sanitizing ... Read More »

October 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Jon Klassen

By Dory Cerny

Jon Klassen’s rise to kidlit stardom

October 6, 2014

Launching today: Orca’s Seven Sequels

By Dory Cerny

Readers, librarians, and booksellers alike are excited by today's release of Orca Book Publishers' Seven Sequels, a batch of follow ups to the hugely successful Seven Series, which launched October 2012. The Seven Series, conceived ... Read More »

October 1, 2014

Q&A: Patricia Storms, IBBY Canada illustrator-in-residence

By Dory Cerny

Throughout October (which happens to be Canadian Library Month), children’s book author and illustrator Patricia Storms will be conducting a series of workshops with the Toronto Public Library as IBBY Canada’s Joanne Fitzgerald illustrator-in-residence. The ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing

Page Turner Ale celebrates Goose Lane’s 60th anniversary, Lena Dunham to pay opening acts, and more

By Dory Cerny

Picaroons Traditional Ales creates Page Turner ale in honour of Goose Lane Edition’s 60th anniversary Thomas Pynchon makes cameo appearance in Inherent Vice film adaptation Lena Dunham will pay opening acts on her book tour, ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Margaret Laurence’s “shack” for sale, “brilliant” book covers, and more

By Dory Cerny

Margaret Laurence's cottage on the market Sheryl Sandberg, comic-book hero Captain Underpants series tops list of banned books The makings ... Read More »

September 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Text mining the novel

By Dory Cerny

A group of researchers from 21 academic and non-academic institutes, led by Andrew Piper, associate professor and William Dawson Scholar of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University, is undertaking the “first large-scale quantitative history ... Read More »

September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline win Ontario Premier’s Awards

By Dory Cerny

Aboriginal talent was honoured at the eighth annual Ontario Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which were handed out last night at a gala ceremony held at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. Poet, author, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

“The Idiot’s Guide” to Gladwell, Kindle account security breach, and more

By Dory Cerny

Malcolm Gladwell gets snarky "Idiot's Guide to Smart People" video treatment "Security hole" allows hackers to access Kindle users' accounts William Golding's papers, including hand-written draft of Lord of the Flies, made available to public ... Read More »

September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Finalists announced for Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards

By Dory Cerny

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced the finalists for the seven major awards it administers. The finalists are: The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award ($30,000) Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington (Second ... Read More »

September 3, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

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Margaret Atwood FT(Nobel)W?, Sinead O’Connor to dish on past lovers in memoir, and more

Jon Klassen

Launching today: Orca’s Seven Sequels

Q&A: Patricia Storms, IBBY Canada illustrator-in-residence

Page Turner Ale celebrates Goose Lane’s 60th anniversary, Lena Dunham to pay opening acts, and more

Margaret Laurence’s “shack” for sale, “brilliant” book covers, and more

Text mining the novel

Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline win Ontario Premier’s Awards

“The Idiot’s Guide” to Gladwell, Kindle account security breach, and more

Finalists announced for Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards

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