Book culture

Q&A: Bill Brownstein on the legacy of filmmaker John Dunning

Behind some of the most celebrated Canadian filmmakers is John Dunning, a producer from the Montreal borough of Verdun who helped to kickstart the careers of David Cronenberg, Denys Arcand, and Ivan Reitman. Dunning and his longtime ... Read More »

September 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

How to Be Alone co-creators release feature film at TIFF

By Sue Carter

On Sept. 6, Halifax director Andrea Dorfman premieres her new movie, Heartbeats, at the Toronto International Film Festival. The feature film, about a heartbroken musician with stage fright, stars Tanya Davis, Dorfman's co-creator of the ... Read More »

September 4, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

George Clooney to direct adaptation of Nick Davies’ Hack Attack

By Sue Carter

George Clooney is directing an adaptation of Nick Davies' book Hack Attack: The Inside Story of How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch (House of Anansi Press). For more than six years, the U.K. ... Read More »

September 4, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Internet Archives and Flickr make massive trove of book images available

By Julie Baldassi

An American academic has teamed up with the Internet Archive and Flickr to create a massive, searchable trove of copyright-free images from books dating back to 1502. Kalev Leetaru, the Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University, ... Read More »

August 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

14 lit-inspired films to watch for at TIFF 2014

By Julie Baldassi

This Sunday, the box office opens for nearly 400 films set to screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place on Sept. 4–14. From author biopics to novel adaptations, this year’s festival is ... Read More »

August 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Books in translation take off in the U.K.; can they do the same in Canada?

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the year's biggest bestsellers thus far have something in common – something that may come as a surprise to those who haven't really considered it. At first blush, Thomas Piketty's Capital in the ... Read More »

August 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: AGO curator Andrew Hunter on Alex Colville’s literary connections

By Sue Carter

The Art Gallery of Ontario's masterful retrospective exhibition of Alex Colville's paintings may surprise visitors with its literary undertones. The exhibition features all of Colville's most iconic works, including "Horse and Train" (1953) and "To ... Read More »

August 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: Barbara Gowdy on swearing and her television debut on HBO’s Sensitive Skin

By Sue Carter

Is the new HBO Canada comedy Sensitive Skin, starring Kim Cattrall and Don McKellar, on its way to becoming CanLit's favourite show? Based on the British series of the same name (starring Joanna Lumley of ... Read More »

August 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

The Giller Effect gets an academic treatment

By Julie Baldassi

For the first time, the so-called Giller Effect will get an academic examination, thanks to a new course at Ottawa's Carleton University. As English lit professor Rose Marie Hoey points out in her syllabus, the Scotiabank Giller ... Read More »

August 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book culture

Watch: trailer for Lesley Crewe’s Relative Happiness

By Sue Carter

The Halifax-based Atlantic Film Festival has released its lineup for this year's event, which includes the Sept. 13 premiere of Relative Happiness, adapted from Lesley Crewe's 2005 novel. Published by Nimbus Publishing imprint Vagrant Press, ... Read More »

August 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

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Q&A: Bill Brownstein on the legacy of filmmaker John Dunning

How to Be Alone co-creators release feature film at TIFF

George Clooney to direct adaptation of Nick Davies’ Hack Attack

Internet Archives and Flickr make massive trove of book images available

14 lit-inspired films to watch for at TIFF 2014

Books in translation take off in the U.K.; can they do the same in Canada?

Q&A: AGO curator Andrew Hunter on Alex Colville’s literary connections

Q&A: Barbara Gowdy on swearing and her television debut on HBO’s Sensitive Skin

The Giller Effect gets an academic treatment

Watch: trailer for Lesley Crewe’s Relative Happiness

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