by Shannon Webb-Campbell

Book links roundup: Catch Oscar’s Flying Books, Judy Blume’s Hollywood crush, and more

Watch the Oscar-winning short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore Judy Blume's got her heart set on Ryan Gosling Joyce Carol Oates says her latest character, Mudwoman, came to her in a ... Read More »

February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian literary event roundup: Feb. 24-March 1

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Freedom to Read Week kicks off Feb. 26. For a complete list of national events, visit the program's website. Here's a sample of other literary events happening across the country: Galiano Literary Festival presents a ... Read More »

February 24, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Barney Rosset dead at 89

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Chicago's Barney Rosset, the avant-garde publisher who was at the vanguard of the censorship battle around D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He passed away ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

J.K. Rowling signs deal for an adult novel; Twitter goes hog wild

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Five years after finishing life at Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling is back with a new publisher and a book deal for her first adult novel. Little, Brown will publish the untitled novel in the U.S. and in ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Book links roundup: Guerrilla libraries, Canadian Bookshelf rebrands, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Architecture student John Locke turns New York phone booths into mini guerrilla libraries Amazon.ca lead sponsor for rebranding of Canadian Bookshelf as the 49th Shelf Musician Kanye West listed in acknowledgements of V. S. Naipaul ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

The Writers’ Trust of Canada announces Shaughnessy Cohen Prize shortlist

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The unfinished border between Maine and New Brunswick, a biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, a pine beetle epidemic, and two biographies on Pierre Trudeau make up The Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize ... Read More »

February 22, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Saltspring Island launches literary festival, top 100 children’s books, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Saltspring Island launches new literary festival with a political bent Parent & Child Magazine announces top 100 children's books of all time Abraham Lincoln honoured on President's Day with a 34-foot tower of books Dominique ... Read More »

February 22, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Jorge Luis Borges letter found at Toronto library

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Last week librarian Louis Choquette was searching for a book on Greek philosophy and came across an intriguing note wedged between the pages of a well-worn edition of Plato's Symposium at Toronto Public Library's Agincourt ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event roundup: Feb. 17-23

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

It's another busy week for literary events. Here's a sample of what's going on across the country: Esi Edugyan reads and signs her Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel Half Blood Blues, Indigo Manulife, Toronto (Feb. 17, ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Book links roundup: Trillium Award reading series, unconventional publishers, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Trillium Book Award launches a new reading series to celebrate its silver anniversary The Guardian profiles unconventional publishers Alex Epstein publishes short story collection as a Facebook photo album Original Charlotte's Web illustrations by Garth Williams Amanda ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Jorge Luis Borges letter found at Toronto library

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