A.M. Homes wins Women's Prize for Fiction Jonah Lehrer shopping manuscript on the "science of love" Simon & Schuster, Amazon ... Read More »
June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Jeffrey Round's Lake on the Mountain (Dundurn Press), the first novel in his Dan Sharp Mystery series, has won a Lambda Literary Award in the gay-mystery category. The awards, which celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, ... Read More »
June 5, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
It's been a busy month for Toronto poet and filmmaker Ann Shin. In early May she premiered her latest documentary, The Defector: Escape from North Korea, at the Hot Docs film festival. On Wednesday night ... Read More »
May 27, 2013 | Filed under: Authors
When Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam first agreed to publish the English-language version of Julie Maroh's graphic novel Le bleu est une couleur chaude, he was unaware there was a film version in the ... Read More »
May 27, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news
Judge expresses "tentative view" the government will make its case against Apple Granta Books' billionaire owner to take over editorial and ... Read More »
May 24, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Canadian writer Eliza Robertson named regional Commonwealth short-story prize winner Tweet reveals five Nobel Prize in Literature candidates Amazon U.K. receives more grant money than it pays in taxes Hilary Mantel prefers books with action, ... Read More »
May 17, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
All Big Six publishers are expected to testify in U.S. federal court against Apple during its ebook price-fixing trial, which begins June 3. According to a court document filed yesterday, executives from Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, ... Read More »
May 15, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news
If you're experiencing withdrawal since Chris Hadfield parachuted back to Earth last night, Maclean's has you covered. The weekly news magazine has launched its latest ebook, Chris Hadfield: #Good Morning, Earth, by reporter Kate Lunau. The ... Read More »
May 14, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Long-time Toronto Star books columnist and arts journalist Greg Quill died on Sunday. He was 66. Quill was a well-known musician in his native Australia. He got his start in journalism writing about music, and ... Read More »
May 6, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news
Harper Lee sues literary agent over To Kill a Mockingbird royalties Hanif Kureishi loses life savings to suspected fraud How did graphic novels become libraries' fastest-growing category? Guelph's The Bookshelf* celebrates 40th anniversary Saul Bellow's ... Read More »
May 6, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
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