by Shannon Webb-Campbell

BookNet bestsellers: fiction

E.L. James, who confessed last week that she is "not a great writer," is at the top of the bestsellers' list with her erotic romance, Fifty Shades of Grey. For the two weeks ending April ... Read More »

April 23, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Book links roundup: Charlotte’s Web turns 60, Alison Bechdel wins Publishing Triangle Award, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Charlotte's Web celebrates its 60th anniversary Publishing Triangle Awards honour literary agent Frances Goldin and cartoonist Alison Bechdel Have you ever wondered why old ... Read More »

April 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Fan Expo Vancouver celebrates science fiction with Spider Robinson, D.D. Brant, A.M. Dellamonica, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Vancouver Convention Centre (April 21-22, check website for times) Blue Metropolis Festival offers readings, panel discussions, master classes, literary ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Book links roundup: Karen Solie takes her poetry to the 2012 Olympics, top 10 graphic memoirs, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Karen Solie represents Canadian poetry at the 2012 Olympics Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Art Spiegelman's Maus, and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home top 10 graphic memoirs Steve Soboroff's collection of typewriters used by Ernest Hemingway, George Bernard Shaw, ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Gabrielle Roy Prize shortlist revealed

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures has announced the shortlists for the 2011 Gabrielle Roy Prize, honouring the best works of Canadian literary criticism published in English and French. The finalists were selected by ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica goes mobile, Pulitzer jury speaks out, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Encyclopaedia Britannica digitally reinvents itself for iPhone and iPad Pulitzer jury speaks out on this year's decision not to present a fiction award Los Angeles Review of Books launches new website Ted Hughes's brother Gerald to publish ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Toronto Public Library launches TTC book club London Book Fair's focus on China worrying to free speech activists PBS Newshour interviews attorney Steve Berman, lead counsel in the Apple ebook antitrust lawsuit Heather Reisman speaks to CBC ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Barbara Gowdy named Guggenheim fellow, Nigella Lawson’s online literary controversy, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Barbara Gowdy awarded 2012 John Simon Guggenheim fellowship for fiction Nigella Lawson offloads her friend Sophia Waugh's book on eBay The Guardian ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Tamara Faith Berger’s provocative prose, Marvel Comics launches new imprint, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Tamara Faith Berger's new novel explores pornography, virginity, and literature Marvel Comics goes digital with new imprint ReEvolution What makes Times New Roman so popular among writers? The Guardian on the pleasure of rereading your favourite books Listen ... Read More »

April 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica sales boom, Kindle’s lending library expands, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Last call for Encyclopaedia Britannica's print edition boosts sales Kindle Owners' Lending Library boasts 100,000 titles German Nobel laureate GÃ¼nter Grass pens poem about Israel's threat to world peace Salty Ink interviews poet Kerri Cull about her new collection, ... Read More »

April 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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BookNet bestsellers: fiction

Book links roundup: Charlotte’s Web turns 60, Alison Bechdel wins Publishing Triangle Award, and more

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

Book links roundup: Karen Solie takes her poetry to the 2012 Olympics, top 10 graphic memoirs, and more

Gabrielle Roy Prize shortlist revealed

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica goes mobile, Pulitzer jury speaks out, and more

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

Book links roundup: Barbara Gowdy named Guggenheim fellow, Nigella Lawson’s online literary controversy, and more

Book links roundup: Tamara Faith Berger’s provocative prose, Marvel Comics launches new imprint, and more

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica sales boom, Kindle’s lending library expands, and more

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