by Steven W. Beattie

New Republic’s Christopher Ketcham accuses Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges of plagiarism

In a lengthy article published June 12 on the New Republic website, writer Christopher Ketcham states that Harper's magazine killed a 2010 investigative report by noted progressive journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges after ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Andre Alexis levies charges of racism against fellow author David Gilmour

By Steven W. Beattie

Novelists David Gilmour and André Alexis have a fraught history, stretching back to a Globe and Mail review the latter wrote of the former's 2005 novel, A Perfect Night to Go to China. Although Gilmour's ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Kitty Lewis honoured by League of Canadian Poets, how to get a Canadian arts grant, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Kitty Lewis, general manager of poetry publisher Brick Books, awarded honorary lifetime membership from the League of Canadian Poets Use of "synthetic" or "blended" phonics in U.K. schools results in higher literacy rates among students, ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

James Patterson blasts Amazon at BEA; Slate blames publishers for Amazon’s practices

By Steven W. Beattie

People who have been suspicious of Amazon's quote-unquote predatory practices with regard to dealings with publishers have had quite a bit of evidence to back up their claims in the last week or so. On ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Paul Carlucci wins Danuta Gleed Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Writers' Union of Canada announced over the weekend that Paul Carlucci has been named the winner of the 2013 Danuta Gleed Award, presented each year to the best debut story collection in English. The ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Poetry has “connived at its own irrelevance,” claims prize juror Jeremy Paxman

By Steven W. Beattie

The winners of the 2014 Griffin Poetry prizes are due to be announced later this week, which should be a happy event for writers and readers of poetry in Canada and internationally. But the U.K.-based ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Writing life

Reading as public protest in Thailand, injecting new life into bricks-and-mortar bookstores, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

BookNet Canada interviews Mark Ury, CEO of Toronto-based "visual storytelling" platform Storybird Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Politics of Despotic Paternalism among the titles citizens of Thailand are reading in public to protest the crackdown by ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Toronto Public Library opens 99th branch, Piketty responds to critics, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Major new art exhibit (including giant Lego towers) by Douglas Coupland debuts tomorrow at the Vancouver Art Gallery TPL's new 99th branch, at Fort York, proves Ford brothers wrong on libraries, says Marcus Gee of ... Read More »

May 30, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Author, activist Maya Angelou dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

Beloved American poet, activist, and educator Maya Angelou has died at age 86, after a recent undisclosed illness. The CBC reports that Angelou was scheduled to attend last Friday's luncheon for the 2014 Major League ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

The Third Rail, by Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish, wins National Business Book Award

By Steven W. Beattie

Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish have won the $20,000 National Business Book Award for The Third Rail: Confronting Our Pension Failures. Published by McClelland & Stewart imprint Signal, the book examines the current state of ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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New Republic’s Christopher Ketcham accuses Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges of plagiarism

Andre Alexis levies charges of racism against fellow author David Gilmour

Kitty Lewis honoured by League of Canadian Poets, how to get a Canadian arts grant, and more

James Patterson blasts Amazon at BEA; Slate blames publishers for Amazon’s practices

Paul Carlucci wins Danuta Gleed Award

Poetry has “connived at its own irrelevance,” claims prize juror Jeremy Paxman

Reading as public protest in Thailand, injecting new life into bricks-and-mortar bookstores, and more

Toronto Public Library opens 99th branch, Piketty responds to critics, and more

Author, activist Maya Angelou dies at 86

The Third Rail, by Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish, wins National Business Book Award

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