by Natalie Sequeira

New York pays for library destruction, giving children free access to ebooks, and more

City of New York to pay Occupy Wall Street more than $200,000 in damages over destruction of the People's Library Former Amazon executive David Risher gives children free access to ebooks via cell phone app ... Read More »

April 10, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Two Canadian novels among Commonwealth Book Prize finalists

By Natalie Sequeira

On a shortlist dominated by Australian and Indian writers, two Canadians have been named finalists for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for best first novel. Naomi Benaron's Running the Rift (HarperCollins Canada) and Vincent Lam's ... Read More »

April 9, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

$500,000 book proposal, IMPAC finalists announced, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Cat Marnell book proposal nabs $500,000 advance from Simon & Schuster Ten shortlisted novelists vie for â‚¬100,000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Scott Turow on the slow death of the American author Jason Merkoski on ... Read More »

April 9, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

BookNet bestsellers: non-fiction (5)

By Natalie Sequeira

Samantha Nutt's examination of the impact of war on women and children, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid, sits at #8 on this week's non-fiction bestsellers list. For the two weeks ending March 31: ... Read More »

April 8, 2013 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Out-of-print YA revival, Pablo Neruda’s body exhumed, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

New Lizzie Skurnick Books imprint to publish out-of-print YA novels Pablo Neruda's corpse exhumed as part of murder investigation Peter ... Read More »

April 8, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Malala Yousafzai memoir, U.S. libraries get quicker access to ebooks, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai to publish memoir Penguin gives U.S. libraries quicker access to ebook versions of new titles Sylvia Plath's ... Read More »

March 28, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Alcuin Society announces best Canadian book designs for 2013

By Natalie Sequeira

The Alcuin Society has announced the winners of this year's Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. Ties abound in the list of 41 winning titles, chosen from 236 entries submitted by ... Read More »

March 27, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Fifty Shades of green, Steve Jobs the manga hero, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Fifty Shades sales bump Random House profits by 75 per cent Steve Jobs resurrected as manga hero in Japanese biography Leslie Kaufman on how bullying is the next big thing in fiction The 1969 sci-fi ... Read More »

March 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Jim Carrey takes up self-publishing, ebooks as a genre, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Jim Carrey to self-publish "metaphysical" children's book Why ebooks are a genre of their own Emily Eakin on how Jacques Derrida's "acts of exclusion" defined his perception A brief history of book vending machines Hasan ... Read More »

March 26, 2013 | Filed under: Book links