by Nathan Whitlock

Event photos: Louise Penny and Stanley’s furry onstage adventures

On May 1, Louise Penny was presented with the Agatha Award for Best Novel for The Brutal Telling (Hodder Headline/Hachette) at the Malice Domestic convention, held in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Robin Templeton/ Courtesy of ... Read More »

May 26, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Author of forthcoming book about Sarah Palin rents home … next to Sarah Palin

By Nathan Whitlock

Joe McGinniss is notorious for writing unflattering articles and books about high-profile American figures. (His first book was 1969's The Selling of a President, about Richard Nixon.) One of his most recent targets is former ... Read More »

May 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Way to Display! The Red Pyramid at Mabel’s Fables

By Nathan Whitlock

The folks at Mabel's Fables Bookstore in Toronto put up a very eye-catching display for Rick Riordan's YA novel The Red Pyramid (Hyperion/H.B. Fenn and Company), but as good as it was, it was missing ... Read More »

May 25, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Forest of Reading and Stroll

By Nathan Whitlock

The annual Forest of Reading event took place at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre on May 12 and 13. Above, some of the authors nominated for the various awards prepare to read to the audience, while showing ... Read More »

May 19, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Ted Reader’s big-ass burger, Sarah Selecky at Czehoski, Alison Dare at TCAF

By Nathan Whitlock

On May 6, author-chef Ted Reader attempted to break the Guinness Record for World's Largest Commercially Available Burger by cooking up this 600-lb behemoth in Toronto's Dundas Square. Given that the previous record was a ... Read More »

May 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Way to Display! Under Heaven at the Flying Dragon Bookshop

By Nathan Whitlock

The good folks at Toronto's Flying Dragon Bookshop have put together a strikingly equine display for Under Heaven (Viking Canada), the new novel by Guy Gavriel Kay. As you can see, the display includes not ... Read More »

May 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Way to Display! Kenk at Type Books

By Nathan Whitlock

The display for Kenk: A Graphic Portrait (PopSandbox), written by Richard Poplak and illustrated by Nick Marinkovich, at Type Books on Toronto's Queen Street West (just steps away from the storefront out of which the ... Read More »

May 3, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Event photos: K.V. Johansen in Macedonia, Ian McEwan in Toronto, and Watch This Space at the Wychwood Barns

By Nathan Whitlock

Canadian YA fantasy writer K.V. Johansen was recently a guest of the 22nd International Book Fair held in Skopje, Macedonia. Over a period of three days, beginning April 12, Johansen launched the Macedonian translation of ... Read More »

April 29, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: poets, locavores, dogs, serpents, Pink Eyes, and a geriatric Feist

By Nathan Whitlock

On April 19, McClelland & Stewart launched four poetry titles at the Dora Keogh pub on Toronto's Danforth Avenue. Above: Paul Vermeersch (left), who was launching The Reinvention of the Human Hand, shows that while ... Read More »

April 23, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Rebecca Eckler, Erica Ehm, Robert J. Sawyer, Andrew Potter, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

On March 25th, Rebecca Eckler and Erica Ehm launched their co-written picture book The Mischievous Mom at the Art Gallery (Key Porter Books) at the Julie M. Gallery in Toronto. Above: Eckler (centre) and event ... Read More »

April 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Event photos: Louise Penny and Stanley’s furry onstage adventures

Author of forthcoming book about Sarah Palin rents home … next to Sarah Palin

Way to Display! The Red Pyramid at Mabel’s Fables

Event photos: Forest of Reading and Stroll

Event photos: Ted Reader’s big-ass burger, Sarah Selecky at Czehoski, Alison Dare at TCAF

Way to Display! Under Heaven at the Flying Dragon Bookshop

Way to Display! Kenk at Type Books

Event photos: K.V. Johansen in Macedonia, Ian McEwan in Toronto, and Watch This Space at the Wychwood Barns

Event photos: poets, locavores, dogs, serpents, Pink Eyes, and a geriatric Feist

Event photos: Rebecca Eckler, Erica Ehm, Robert J. Sawyer, Andrew Potter, and more

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