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Book Links: Bill Gates’ tweets book to No. 1 | Theresa May is not a Harry Potter character

A book written in 2011 jumped to No.1 on Amazon after Bill Gates tweeted about it. (Los Angeles Times) First museum devoted exclusively to American writing opens in Chicago. (Mashable) Harlequin is cancelling five lines ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: TV is still distracting George R.R. Martin | A book about concrete made from concrete

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Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther and the Crew comic cancelled after only two issues. (Comic Book Resources) TV is keeping George R.R. Martin away from writing books. (Los Angeles Times) Today would have been Adrienne Rich’s 88th ... Read More »

May 16, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: Harry Potter Prequel Stolen | Hunter S. Thompson’s fave ’60s tracks

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Harry Potter prequel that J.K. Rowling hand-wrote on a postcard is stolen. (The New York Times) Get ready for a lot of Game of Thrones spinoffs. (Mashable) Listen to the 10 best albums of the ... Read More »

May 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Excerpt: Donner Prize finalists Yves Couturier, Lucie Bonin and Louise Belzile’s L’Intégration des Services en Santé

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Five titles are shortlisted for the 2016/2017 Donner Prize, which recognizes excellence in public-policy writing by Canadians. The winner, who will be announced May, 15, will receive $50,000, while the other nominated authors will each ... Read More »

May 12, 2017

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming June titles

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Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program. The Child, Fiona Barton (Penguin Canada) Spoonbenders, Daryl Gregory (Doubleday Canada) The Little French Bistro, Nina George (Crown/PRHC) ... Read More »

May 11, 2017

Kamal Al-Solaylee wins 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

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Kamal Al-Solaylee has won the Writers' Trust of Canada's $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing. His book Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone) (HarperCollins) was selected by a jury ... Read More »

May 11, 2017

Iain Reid, Emma Donoghue nominated for Shirley Jackson Awards

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Three Canadian titles have been nominated for the 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards, which recognize achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. Iain Reid is shortlisted in the novel category for ... Read More »

May 10, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Grant Lawrence: After three tries, a Canadian indie band’s tour diaries finally yielded a book

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Why now? It’s a question I’ve been asked several times about my new book, Dirty Windshields: The Best and The Worst of the Smugglers Tour Diaries. Why publish a memoir of 16 sordid years spent ... Read More »

May 10, 2017

Excerpt: Donner Prize finalist Alex Marland’s Brand Command

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May 10, 2017

André Alexis, Kamal Al-Solaylee, and Danila Botha among finalists for 30th Trillium Book Award

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Six English and five French books have been nominated for the 30th Trillium Book Award. Three titles have also been shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language, as well as three ... Read More »

May 9, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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Book Links: Bill Gates’ tweets book to No. 1 | Theresa May is not a Harry Potter character

Book Links: TV is still distracting George R.R. Martin | A book about concrete made from concrete

Book Links: Harry Potter Prequel Stolen | Hunter S. Thompson’s fave ’60s tracks

Excerpt: Donner Prize finalists Yves Couturier, Lucie Bonin and Louise Belzile’s L’Intégration des Services en Santé

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming June titles

Kamal Al-Solaylee wins 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

Iain Reid, Emma Donoghue nominated for Shirley Jackson Awards

Grant Lawrence: After three tries, a Canadian indie band’s tour diaries finally yielded a book

Excerpt: Donner Prize finalist Alex Marland’s Brand Command

André Alexis, Kamal Al-Solaylee, and Danila Botha among finalists for 30th Trillium Book Award

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