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Vancouver poet laureate Evelyn Lau offering free manuscript review

As part of her three-year term as Vancouver's poet laureate, Evelyn Lau is offering free manuscript consultations. Starting March 5, Lau, who is working on her sixth poetry collection, will meet monthly with selected writers ... Read More »

January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Bechdel and Delisle to headline Toronto Comic Arts Festival

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has released a partial guest list for this year's event, which takes place May 5“6 at the Toronto Reference Library. According to The Comics Reporter, headliners include Jeff Smith, Alison ... Read More »

January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Apple shakes up textbook publishing

By Sue Carter

Rumours of Apple's entry into the digital textbook market were confirmed this morning with the announcement of iBooks 2. The latest version of Apple's e-reading platform focuses on media-rich, interactive digital textbooks designed for the ... Read More »

January 19, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Is Apple studying the e-textbook market?

By Sue Carter

An Apple event scheduled for Jan. 19 has insiders speculating the technology giant will announce its entrance into the e-textbook market. In advance of the education-themed event, tech website betanews.com compiled a list of Apple's ... Read More »

January 17, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Is CanLit sexy?

By Sue Carter

Move over Gosling, we've got Mistry, Martel, and Munro. CanLit is Sexy, an anonymous blog that calls itself a "misguided response to the end of McClelland & Stewart as an independent Canadian publishing house," is ... Read More »

January 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Jim C. Hines strikes a pose for women on fantasy book covers

By Sue Carter

U.S. fantasy writer Jim C. Hines is a brave man. The author recently posed as the sword-wielding heroine from his novel The Stepsister Scheme. Inspired by the result, Hines posed for several more photos modelled ... Read More »

January 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Orillia celebrates 100 years of Leacock with the Sunshine City Festival

By Sue Carter

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and the town of Orillia, Ontario, which was loosely fictionalized in the satirical short story collection, is planning an old-time ... Read More »

January 16, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Investigating the dirty business of plagiarized erotica on Amazon

By Sue Carter

Fast Company has a fascinating article about the volume of plagiarized erotica on Amazon's Kindle Select self-publishing platform. According to the story, small press owner and erotica author Sharazade, suspicious of another top-selling author, Maria ... Read More »

January 13, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

McDonald’s becomes U.K.’s biggest retailer of kids’ books

By Sue Carter

McDonald's is super-sizing the U.K. children's book market by replacing its Happy Meal toys with books. As part of a month-long promotion with HarperCollins, the fast food chain will give out nine million copies of ... Read More »

January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

ACP “mourns the loss” of a national cultural institution

By Sue Carter

The Association of Canadian Publishers has called Random House of Canada's acquisition of McClelland & Stewart the "end of a long and illustrious history of a Canadian cultural institution." In a press release, ACP president ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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Vancouver poet laureate Evelyn Lau offering free manuscript review

Bechdel and Delisle to headline Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Apple shakes up textbook publishing

Is Apple studying the e-textbook market?

Is CanLit sexy?

Jim C. Hines strikes a pose for women on fantasy book covers

Orillia celebrates 100 years of Leacock with the Sunshine City Festival

Investigating the dirty business of plagiarized erotica on Amazon

McDonald’s becomes U.K.’s biggest retailer of kids’ books

ACP “mourns the loss” of a national cultural institution

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