by Jason Spencer

Aqua Books honours late crime writer

Kelly Hughes, owner of Aqua Books in Winnipeg, has set up an award in honour of late crime writer (and Winnipeg native) Michael Van Rooy. According to the Winnipeg Review, Hughes is sponsoring the Michael ... Read More »

August 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Jaws revisited, Morrissey the superhero, and more

By Jason Spencer

Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader collaborate on new killer shark movie, Bait New comic series Unite and Takeover inspired by the music of the Smiths Joseph Heller's Catch-22 turns 50 this October A letter ... Read More »

August 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Vonnegut vetoed, deliberately bad writing, and more

By Jason Spencer

Missouri school bans Slaughterhouse-Five In related news, celebrate Banned Books Week Sept. 24 - Oct. 1 The results of the 2011 ... Read More »

July 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Calgary to establish poet laureate program

By Jason Spencer

Calgary City Council announced Monday that it is embarking on a program to select a poet laureate. According to Calgary Arts Development, an NGO that will be working with the city on developing, administering, and ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: quixotic exhumations, lit reading longevity, and more

By Jason Spencer

Comic-Con 2011 literary highlight reel Archaeologists in Madrid to search for bones of Miguel de Cervantes Macmillan pays fine for bribing African schools to use their textbooks Why literary readings are still relevant Rolling Stone ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

A Clockwork Orange show tunes to be unveiled

By Jason Spencer

To mark the 50th anniversary of A Clockwork Orange next year, a stage adaptation of the demented dystopian novel will be performed using songs composed by the books' author, Anthony Burgess. According to the BBC, ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Chester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011

By Jason Spencer

Chester Brown is making a big splash at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, which runs until Sunday. Today, Brown is performing his "acclaimed slideshow," reading from his controversial graphic novel Paying for ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links round-up: scathing reviews, foggy plot lines, and more

By Jason Spencer

An excerpt from Eva Gabrilsson's book about her life with Stieg Larsson How much do we actually retain from reading? Slate explains h0w not to write a book review Stephen King's The Dark Tower will not be ... Read More »

July 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: new Bryan Lee O’Malley book, a taste of 1Q84, and more

By Jason Spencer

Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley to release new graphic novel in 2013 A (very small) sample of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 Federal judge sets a date for Google to create a legal plan for the world's ... Read More »

July 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Aqua Books honours late crime writer

Book links round-up: Jaws revisited, Morrissey the superhero, and more

Book links round-up: Vonnegut vetoed, deliberately bad writing, and more

Calgary to establish poet laureate program

Book links round-up: quixotic exhumations, lit reading longevity, and more

A Clockwork Orange show tunes to be unveiled

Chester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

Book links round-up: scathing reviews, foggy plot lines, and more

Book links round-up: new Bryan Lee O’Malley book, a taste of 1Q84, and more

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