by Stuart Woods

Google book-scanning forges ahead in Europe

Remember the Google Books Settlement? The controversial, precedent-setting agreement would give Google a legal basis for building a massive digital library of out-of-print books, but the deal is still awaiting final approval from a U.S. ... Read More »

November 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

An indie-spirited rocker and an indie press win the National Book Awards

By Stuart Woods

Musician Patti Smith has won the U.S. National Book Award for non-fiction for Just Kids, a memoir about her youthful relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and her experiences in bohemian New York. Smith, who ... Read More »

November 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Awards season ain’t over: B.C. non-fiction award long-list announced

By Stuart Woods

The winners of the "big three" Canadian literary prizes may already have been announced, but the awards season is far from over for non-fiction authors, with the country's two biggest prizes devoted to the genre ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

GG winner Allan Casey on Saskatchewan’s vibrant literary scene: “We’re serious about football and books”

By Stuart Woods

This year's Governor General's Literary Awards was a prize bonanza for Saskatchewan's writing and publishing community, with the fiction and non-fiction prizes going to a pair of prairie authors, Dianne Warren and Allan Casey. Meanwhile, ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

D&M unveils The Sentimentalists redesign

By Stuart Woods

Before Johanna Skibsrud's The Sentimentalists won the Scotiabank Giller Prize last week, publisher Gaspereau Press maintained that it wouldn't trump production values for expediency. But the tiny Nova Scotia press has found a compromise in ... Read More »

November 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Canadians make strong showing on IMPAC Dublin longlist

By Stuart Woods

The longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been announced, and among the 162 titles “ chosen by librarians from 43 countries around the world “ is a healthy selection of Canadian-authored works. ... Read More »

November 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Writers’ groups outline objections to Bill C-32

By Stuart Woods

A coalition of seven English-language national writers' organizations has formally outlined its objections to the copyright modernization act now before Parliament. In a formal brief addressed to the industry and heritage ministers, the group calls ... Read More »

November 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New York Times launches e-books bestseller lists

By Stuart Woods

The New York Times has announced that, beginning early next year, it will begin publishing e-books bestseller lists for fiction and non-fiction. According to a story in yesterday's Times, the lists will draw on "weekly ... Read More »

November 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Firefly Books at the Hockey Hall of Fame

By Stuart Woods

On Friday, Toronto's Hockey Hall of Fame unveiled its new Spirit of Hockey retail store, part of a $3.5-million expansion of the museum's storefront and exhibition space. The occasion coincided with the launch of a ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New literary festival launches pan-Caribbean prize

By Stuart Woods

Authors of Caribbean descent, and fans of world literature, take note: there is a new literary festival taking place next year in Trinidad and Tobago that will celebrate writing from the region. The centrepiece of ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Google book-scanning forges ahead in Europe

An indie-spirited rocker and an indie press win the National Book Awards

Awards season ain’t over: B.C. non-fiction award long-list announced

GG winner Allan Casey on Saskatchewan’s vibrant literary scene: “We’re serious about football and books”

D&M unveils The Sentimentalists redesign

Canadians make strong showing on IMPAC Dublin longlist

Writers’ groups outline objections to Bill C-32

New York Times launches e-books bestseller lists

Event photos: Firefly Books at the Hockey Hall of Fame

New literary festival launches pan-Caribbean prize

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