by Emma Renda

Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist announced

Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist Krista Bridge and prolific non-fiction author and translator Wayne Grady are among the nominees for the 2013 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, announced this morning. Selected by Q&Q editor Stuart Woods, ... Read More »

March 5, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Lena Dunham to pen Archie comics, what big data could do for book publishers, and more

By Emma Renda

Lena Dunham to write Archie Comic mini-series Is big data analysis necessary for traditional publishers? Hilary Clinton to deliver keynote at Association ... Read More »

March 4, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

U.S. college has funding cut for teaching Fun Home, Oscar-nominated short-story adaptations, and more

By Emma Renda

South Carolina college sees funding cut for teaching Alison Bechdel's Fun Home Alice Munro's The Bear Came Over the Mountain among four other Oscar-nominated short-story adaptations New Orleans storytelling project preserves city's history before and after ... Read More »

February 28, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Edward Norton to adapt Motherless Brooklyn, Barnes & Noble downsizing Nook division, and more

By Emma Renda

Edward Norton to direct and star in adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn Nook division continues to downsize Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announce 2013 Nebula Awards shortlist Wife of Malcolm X pursues ... Read More »

February 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

French booksellers strip down to protest censorship, @GSElevator author never worked at Goldman Sachs, and more

By Emma Renda

French booksellers pose nude to protest children's book censorship True identity of Goldman Sachs' Elevator Twitter account may undercut book deal New York Comic Con company introduces new comics festival Paul Thomas Anderson adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent ... Read More »

February 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Neil Young’s second memoir to come this fall, Freedom to Read Week celebrates 30 years, and more

By Emma Renda

Neil Young to release second memoir with Blue Rider Press this fall Thirty years of Freedom to Read Week in Canada Apple files to move ebook damages trial from New York to home court of California Seth ... Read More »

February 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Pages Festival releases inaugural lineup

By Emma Renda

The inaugural program for the Pages Festival + Conference: Unbound in Toronto is now online. The festival runs March 13"“15 at the Randolph Theatre, with conference events scheduled at the Tranzac Club. Marc Glassman, artistic director of ... Read More »

February 24, 2014 | Filed under: Events

2013 VIDA counts announced, Andrew O’Hagan talks ghostwriting Assange memoir, and more

By Emma Renda

The Paris Review, New York Times Book Review show improvement in 2013 VIDA count Andrew O'Hagan discusses ghostwriting Julian Assange's memoir Amtrak launches "writers' residencies" with free round-trips for writers 90-year-old woman runs 150-store book chain ... Read More »

February 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Snowden Files manuscript gets hacked, study finds prize-winning books become less popular, and more

By Emma Renda

Snowden Files author Luke Harding says he watched his manuscript "self-delete" Literary awards make books less popular, says study Philip Pullman tells ... Read More »

February 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Dave Bidini on naming the Paul Quarrington ice rink

By Emma Renda

This weekend, author Paul Quarrington will be memorialized with an ice rink in his name on Toronto's waterfront. The Paul Quarrington Ice Rink/Splash Pad will be dedicated at a free public event at Sherbourne Common, ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Events

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Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist announced

Lena Dunham to pen Archie comics, what big data could do for book publishers, and more

U.S. college has funding cut for teaching Fun Home, Oscar-nominated short-story adaptations, and more

Edward Norton to adapt Motherless Brooklyn, Barnes & Noble downsizing Nook division, and more

French booksellers strip down to protest censorship, @GSElevator author never worked at Goldman Sachs, and more

Neil Young’s second memoir to come this fall, Freedom to Read Week celebrates 30 years, and more

Pages Festival releases inaugural lineup

2013 VIDA counts announced, Andrew O’Hagan talks ghostwriting Assange memoir, and more

Snowden Files manuscript gets hacked, study finds prize-winning books become less popular, and more

Q&A: Dave Bidini on naming the Paul Quarrington ice rink

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