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Film adaptation of Guy Delisle’s North Korean memoir shelved

Some may argue that Sony's decision to pull the release of Seth Rogen and James Franco's The Interview over theatre cancellations and hacker threats doesn't spell the end of Western culture, but the fallout has ... Read More »

December 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Comics legend Art Spiegelman lands in Toronto

By Sue Carter

Thanks to the dense fog currently blanketing Toronto, comic-book legend Art Spiegelman's plane was re-routed from the downtown island airport to Pearson International Airport. Luckily, a fan recognized the New York comic-book legend and gave ... Read More »

December 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Canada vs. U.S.: comparing covers for Eliza Robertson’s Wallflowers

By Sue Carter

Canada may have adopted the U.S.'s Black Friday tradition, but culturally we don't always see eye to eye. Case in point: ... Read More »

November 28, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Emma Donoghue named “one to watch” on Hollywood Reporter’s powerful author list

By Sue Carter

The Hollywood Reporter’s "Power Authors" issue features a list of five writers to watch, including Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. An adaptation of Donoghue's best-selling 2010 novel Room is currently in production, starring William H. Macy, ... Read More »

November 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

AGO curator Georgiana Uhlyarik on Tavi Gevinson and introducing artist Suzy Lake to a new generation

By Sue Carter

Pioneering American-Canadian artist and photographer Suzy Lake is getting her due, thanks to a comprehensive five-decade career survey happening at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario. Introducing Suzy Lake takes visitors through the artist's career and ... Read More »

November 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

By Sue Carter

Well before the stinker 1986 movie Howard the Duck (and its perennial appearances on "worst movies ever" lists), the private-investigator fowl was a subversive Marvel comics character, with his first appearance going back to 1973. Originally ... Read More »

November 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

New U.S. edition of Book of Negroes reverting to original title, thanks to TV miniseries

By Sue Carter

When Toronto filmmaker Clement Virgo first heard about Lawrence Hill's 2007 novel The Book of Negroes, he had no desire to read the book. "I had a personal aversion to the title," he confessed at ... Read More »

November 20, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

A is for Austen: Penguin’s Drop Caps series

By Sue Carter

Typography nuts should check out Penguin Drop Caps, a 26-volume hardcover series of classic literature featuring covers by type designer Jessica Hische, in collaboration with Penguin art director Paul Buckley. Hische is a sought-after designer ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Spotlight: Translating Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road

By Julie Baldassi

In 2007, novelist Joseph Boyden and translator Greg Spence spent a week at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre working on a Cree-language edition of Boyden’s acclaimed first novel, Three Day Road (Penguin Canada). “A ... Read More »

November 11, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Cover to cover: Michel Vrana on designing Blind Spot

By Becky Robertson

Blindness, violence, and semiotics converge in designer Michel Vrana’s approach to Laurence Miall’s novel Blind Spot (NeWest Press) In Blind Spot, the protagonist’s parents are killed when their car is hit by a train during ... Read More »

November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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Film adaptation of Guy Delisle’s North Korean memoir shelved

Comics legend Art Spiegelman lands in Toronto

Canada vs. U.S.: comparing covers for Eliza Robertson’s Wallflowers

Emma Donoghue named “one to watch” on Hollywood Reporter’s powerful author list

AGO curator Georgiana Uhlyarik on Tavi Gevinson and introducing artist Suzy Lake to a new generation

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

New U.S. edition of Book of Negroes reverting to original title, thanks to TV miniseries

A is for Austen: Penguin’s Drop Caps series

Spotlight: Translating Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road

Cover to cover: Michel Vrana on designing Blind Spot

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