Are online video readings becoming karaoke fiction? 15 redesigns of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Children's book authors Patrick Lews and Jane ... Read More »
March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Does the Kindle Single occupy a sweet spot between magazine-length articles and hardcover books? Margaret Atwood releases new short story, "I'm Starved For You" Listen to a Jane Eyre-inspired literary mixtape A Massachusetts public library ... Read More »
March 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
This week's bestsellers list, which looks at the nature category, includes two titles from the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize shortlist. Andrew Westoll's The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (#20) might have been the big winner at ... Read More »
March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers
Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, has announced the jury for 2012 is Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle. Shteyngart is an American writer whose most recent novel, Super Sad True Love ... Read More »
March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The March Hare Festival kicks off March 2. For a complete list of events in Newfoundland, Halifax, and Toronto, visit the program's website. Here's a sample of other literary events happening across the country: Michael ... Read More »
March 2, 2012 | Filed under: Events
UNESCO celebrates reading, writers, and illustrators with World Book Day Apple launches comics and graphic novel section in the iBookstore Acorn media to control Agatha Christie's literary estate The rise of little libraries, DIY reading ... Read More »
March 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Yesterday, VIDA, an organization for women in literary arts, published the results of a survey tallying the percentage of female reviewers, contributors, and authors that appeared in 14 established literary magazines in 2011. With the ... Read More »
February 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Toronto Public Library goes ahead with advertising sales plans Jackie Collins ditches her publisher for self-publishing Do video book trailers help ... Read More »
February 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Is the U.S. publishing industry built on piracy? Visually impaired Canadians address accessibility of print materials at Bill C-11 hearings Stephen Colbert rants about The Lorax's many product tie-ins Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson writes a ... Read More »
February 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Pennsylvania's Jan Berenstain, co-author and illustrator of the beloved Berenstain Bears book series, has died. Berenstain suffered a stroke on Thursday and died on Friday at the age of 88. With over 300 titles published ... Read More »
February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
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