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Vancouver seeks poet laureate, Man Booker juror on the longlist, and more

Vancouver searching for next poet laureate Man Booker juror weighs in on the 2014 longlist Four out of five Canadians read regularly: International Publishers' report on the Canadian market The "Hunger Games effect" and adapting ... Read More »

July 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

IFOA announces 2014 International Visitors Programme participants

By Julie Baldassi

Andrew Wylie, the famed American agent who counts Martin Amis, Dave Eggers, and Salman Rushdie among his clients, will deliver the keynote address to the delegates of the International Visitors Programme, the International Festival of Authors ... Read More »

July 23, 2014

PEN Canada cooperates with controversial political-activities audit

By Julie Baldassi

PEN Canada has become the latest charity subject to a Canada Revenue Agency-led political-activities audit, prompting renewed interest in membership with the free-expression advocacy organization. PEN Canada communications staffer Juanita Bawagan says the organization has seen about ... Read More »

July 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Union-busting and sexism at a Manahattan bookstore, Kenneth Goldsmith’s poetry manifesto, and more

By Julie Baldassi

“Do we need another poem that describes the way that light falls on your writing desk as a metaphor for your mother's cancer operation?” Kenneth Goldsmith’s manifesto for poetry The perils of retail: the awful work ... Read More »

July 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

BitLit signs HarperCollins as first multinational publishing partner

By Julie Baldassi

Canada’s newest book startup, BitLit, has made inroads with the multinational publishing industry, today announcing it has signed HarperCollins (U.S.) as the latest publisher to offer titles on the ebook-bundling app. Founded in 2013, the ... Read More »

July 21, 2014

Personnel change: BookNet Canada

By Julie Baldassi

Effective immediately, BookNet Canada has promoted Erin Stropes from marketing associate to community communications manager. Stropes is responsible for social media, blog, ... Read More »

July 21, 2014

Why Amazon has entered the ebook subscription market, becoming a “Knausgaard truther”, and more

By Julie Baldassi

"Why would Amazon create a service that so directly competes with its main ebook offering?": Forbes's Jeremy Greenfeild examines Amazon's new subscription service Did Norway companies ban talk of Karl Ove Knausgaard on certain days to boost ... Read More »

July 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

McGill-Queen’s University Press releases first cookbook

By Julie Baldassi

In September, McGill-Queen’s University Press will release its first cookbook, The Smart Palate: Delicious Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle, a co-publication with the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, an "internationally renowned research institution" ... Read More »

July 17, 2014

Distribution change: Codasat Canada

By Julie Baldassi

Effective Dec. 31, Codasat Canada will no longer distribute or ... Read More »

July 17, 2014

Deals: M&S acquires Dave Bidini book on Canada; and more

By Julie Baldassi

Random House of Canada vice-president and director of marketing strategy Scott Sellers has acquired Canadian rights to Dave Bidini’s non-fiction title The New North, which offers “a fresh perspective on Canada and its wild, undiscovered properties ... Read More »

July 16, 2014

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Vancouver seeks poet laureate, Man Booker juror on the longlist, and more

IFOA announces 2014 International Visitors Programme participants

PEN Canada cooperates with controversial political-activities audit

Union-busting and sexism at a Manahattan bookstore, Kenneth Goldsmith’s poetry manifesto, and more

BitLit signs HarperCollins as first multinational publishing partner

Personnel change: BookNet Canada

Why Amazon has entered the ebook subscription market, becoming a “Knausgaard truther”, and more

McGill-Queen’s University Press releases first cookbook

Distribution change: Codasat Canada

Deals: M&S acquires Dave Bidini book on Canada; and more

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