by Natalie Samson

New app features Jean-Luc Picard, Dr. Who reading Shakespeare’s sonnets

The minds behind the best-selling iPad app adaptation of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (and the periodic table of elements, if you swing that way) are now offering mobile users the chance to hear William ... Read More »

July 27, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Behind the scenes at UBC’s Douglas Coupland archives

By Natalie Samson

Ever wonder what the archives of a novelist, screenwriter, fashion designer, and multimedia visual artist might look like? Wonder no more: the University of British Columbia Library is offering a rare behind-the-scenes peek at the ... Read More »

July 27, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Q&A: Novelist and broadcaster Christy Ann Conlin on fear, writing, and radio

By Natalie Samson

Christy Ann Conlin, the Halifax-based author of three spooky novels (Heave, Dead Time, and Listening for the Island, forthcoming from Doubleday), is pulling double duty this summer as the host of CBC Radio's Fear Itself. ... Read More »

July 26, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Shelley Wall talks comics and medicine at the University of Toronto

By Natalie Samson

While comics artists have tackled all manner of sex, drugs, and violence in their work, medicine “ an area in which all these issues (and more) intersect “ still seems to carry the stink of ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Canadians take home Eisner Awards

By Natalie Samson

The San Diego Comic-Con International may have come and gone, but the glory of the Eisner Awards, held during the four-day smorgasbord of all things comics, lives on for a handful of Canadians. The winners ... Read More »

July 18, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

New Innisfree library serves rural Alberta population of 220

By Natalie Samson

Innisfree, Alberta, has opened its first permanent public library. The 220 residents of the rural village now have access to free DVDs, CDs, e-readers, books (about 2,600 books have been catalogued so far, with another ... Read More »

July 18, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Should the incarcerated have access to books?

By Natalie Samson

Residents of Toronto's provincial detention centres have gone without regular access to books for about two years, the Toronto Star reports. Funding cuts have forced volunteers to take over responsibility for libraries in the province's ... Read More »

July 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Atwood raises $54,000 to take the LongPen mobile

By Natalie Samson

First there was the LongPen. Next, the LongPen went digital as iDoLVine LiveSign. Now, Margaret Atwood and a team of techies are looking to bring fans and artists even closer with the rollout of Fanado ... Read More »

July 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Libraries Nova Scotia offers drop box at Halifax farmers’ market

By Natalie Samson

Nova Scotia's library users and locavores have reason to rejoice: they can now return their library books while picking up their seasonal veg. Starting this month, Libraries Nova Scotia will offer a drop box at ... Read More »

July 6, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Non-fiction writers to make strong showing at Toronto’s Word on the Street

By Natalie Samson

Word on the Street Toronto gave a sneak peek at its 2012 lineup last week. Non-fiction writers will take centre stage at this year's fest with Jeff Rubin, author of The End of Growth and ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Events

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New app features Jean-Luc Picard, Dr. Who reading Shakespeare’s sonnets

Behind the scenes at UBC’s Douglas Coupland archives

Q&A: Novelist and broadcaster Christy Ann Conlin on fear, writing, and radio

Q&A: Shelley Wall talks comics and medicine at the University of Toronto

Canadians take home Eisner Awards

New Innisfree library serves rural Alberta population of 220

Should the incarcerated have access to books?

Atwood raises $54,000 to take the LongPen mobile

Libraries Nova Scotia offers drop box at Halifax farmers’ market

Non-fiction writers to make strong showing at Toronto’s Word on the Street

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