by Sue Carter

Winnipeg’s Mondragon bookstore to close

After 18 years in business, lefty Winnipeg café and alternative bookstore MondragÃ³n will close on Jan. 26. Currently run by a collective of five members, the shop was named after a Basque town in northern ... Read More »

January 21, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling

Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd find love in a bookstore

By Sue Carter

For years, romance filmmakers have been carrying on a love affair with bookstores. Quirky indie shops appear prominently in movies like Funny Face, Notting Hill, and You've Got Mail, which also makes them an easy ... Read More »

January 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Harlequin to publish Orange Is the New Black actress’s memoir

By Sue Carter

Harlequin has signed a six-figure deal with Laverne Cox, LGBT activist and star on the popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Cox, a transgender actress who plays an inmate named Sylvia, was approached ... Read More »

January 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

RBC Taylor Prize reveals finalists

By Sue Carter

Several familiar names are vying for this year's RBC Taylor Prize, which celebrates excellence in literary non-fiction. Former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Graeme Smith continues to dominate with The Dogs Are Eating Them Now, ... Read More »

January 16, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Books and magazines distributor Benjamin News shutting down after 97 years

By Sue Carter

After nearly 100 years in the business, Quebec-based books and magazines distributor Benjamin News has announced plans to shut down, effective April 4. The family-run company, started in 1917 by "blind newsie" Charles Benjamin, distributes ... Read More »

January 15, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Scientists claim “libricide” in response to government’s closure of Fisheries and Oceans libraries

By Sue Carter

Scientists and researchers are speaking out against the federal government's closure of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans regional libraries, which has been referred to by some as "libricide." Vancouver news website The Tyee, which ... Read More »

January 10, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries

Operatic adaptation of Zachariah Wells’ poetry to be performed in Paris

By Sue Carter

Halifax poet Zachariah Wells is on his way overseas to hear his work performed at the Opéra National in Paris. Last year, Canadian baritone singer Phillip Addis approached Wells about adapting several of his poems ... Read More »

January 10, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Predicting a book’s success through science, innovative hybrid publishers, and more

By Sue Carter

Scientists develop algorithm to determine if books will be commercially successful How hybrid publishers are innovating Goldman Sachs' Elevator is shopping a book proposal Danielle Steel receives the French Legion of Honor Literary "mood words" ... Read More »

January 10, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Michel Pleau named Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate

By Sue Carter

Michel Pleau has been named Canada's new parliamentary poet laureate. The author of 14 collections, with another due this spring, Pleau won a Governor General's Literary Award in 2008 for La lenteur du monde (Eternity ... Read More »

January 9, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

B.C. Booklook launches, new CEO for Barnes & Noble, and more

By Sue Carter

B.C. Booklook expands online coverage of British Columbia's literary scene Michael Huseby named new Barnes & Noble CEO Crime writer Martha Grimes gets revenge on former agent with new novel Amazon employs "bar raisers" to ... Read More »

January 9, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

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Winnipeg’s Mondragon bookstore to close

Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd find love in a bookstore

Harlequin to publish Orange Is the New Black actress’s memoir

RBC Taylor Prize reveals finalists

Books and magazines distributor Benjamin News shutting down after 97 years

Scientists claim “libricide” in response to government’s closure of Fisheries and Oceans libraries

Operatic adaptation of Zachariah Wells’ poetry to be performed in Paris

Predicting a book’s success through science, innovative hybrid publishers, and more

Michel Pleau named Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate

B.C. Booklook launches, new CEO for Barnes & Noble, and more

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