Winston Churchill poem discovered, heads to auction block Roxana Robinson on Manhattan's phantom bookstores Elizabeth Gilbert takes on "cranky" ... Read More »
February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
A fall in sales of books and e-readers has led to a 4.9 per cent decrease in net revenues for Indigo Books & Music in its third quarter, which ended Dec. 29. In a press ... Read More »
February 6, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling
The Reading Agency, an independent charity in the U.K., is helping people turn to bibliotherapy through its Books on Prescription program, which launches in May. The agency is asking the public to recommend mood-boosting fiction, ... Read More »
Calgary Public Library campaign turns pennies into books Hatchette's Michael Pietsch on why publishing is in its golden age The true story behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Apple launches Breakout Books section in iBookstore for self-published ... Read More »
February 6, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
After a decade-long run, Vancouver's Robson Reading Series will be shutting down in March. According to a statement on its website, the series will be concluding in light of the closure of both its host ... Read More »
February 5, 2013 | Filed under: Book news
Campaigners save London's Friern Barnet library branch from closure Laura Ingalls Wilder's sister, Mary, wasn't blinded by scarlet fever Neil Gaiman teams up with Blackberry for A Calendar of Tales story series U.K. doctors prescribe books ... Read More »
February 5, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Cathy Marie Buchanan's novel about one of Degas' models tops this week's Canadian fiction bestsellers list. For the two weeks ending Jan. 27: 1. The Painted Girls, Cathy Marie Buchanan (HarperCollins Canada, $22.99 pa, 9781443412346) ... Read More »
February 4, 2013 | Filed under: Bestsellers
The Ontario Library Association has announced the shortlist for its 2013 Evergreen Award. Selected by a committee of Ontario librarians, the award honours the best in adult Canadian fiction and non-fiction. The nominees for this ... Read More »
February 4, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Lionel Gelber Prize longlist revealed Aung San Suu Kyi highlight of Irrawaddy Literary Festival in Burma Judging a book ... Read More »
February 4, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Alasdair Stuart on why digital self-publishing is more complicated than it appears Bookstore cafés owned by publishers trending in Korea Do old works of non-fiction require fact-checking before being re-released? Ten bizarre fairy tale adaptations ... Read More »
February 1, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
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