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Bookmarks: Twilight tourism, a nonprofit press, and more

Patrick Ness's first book for children, The Knife of Never Letting Go, wins the Booktrust teenage prize Stephenie Meyer's Twilight causes a tourism boom in Forks, Washington Is Obama Book Club the newest craze? A mother sues ... Read More »

November 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Giller madness, remembering the fallen, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize will be awarded tonight in Toronto. Who will win, and why? A rundown of the literary award (The Globe and Mail) Other awards can learn from the Gillers (The Vancouver ... Read More »

November 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

By Stuart Woods

Some book-related links: Noble laureate Jean-Marie Le Clézio faces the inevitable backlash Five poets write The New York Times op-ed page A scandalous novel by Kerouac and Burroughs sees the light of day (excerpted here) ... Read More »

November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: cover design, Dave Gibbons, the U.S. election, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The Book Design Review shows us two cover treatments for Margaret Atwood's Payback The Giller Light Bash is for the "young and hip" New York Magazine chats with Dave Gibbons about Watching the Watchmen, working ... Read More »

November 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood talks to Salon about her well-timed meditation on debt, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth Are Canadian authors' festivals the greatest? More gripes about those nasty chain bookstores Reed Elsevier beginning ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Adiga’s agent, Small Beer for Obama, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Booker winner Aravind Adiga clarifies when and why he dumped his agent, and it wasn't about money. Phew! Small Beer Press, a small press in North Carolina Massachusetts, is donating 20% of this month's sales ... Read More »

October 28, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Bookmarks: DFW, BHL, and a librarian in NYC

By Stuart Woods

Was David Foster Wallace the greatest writer of his generation? David Lipsky makes the case in his Rolling Stone profile, excerpted here An appreciation of legendary U.K. agent Pat Kavanagh, also recently deceased French provocateur ... Read More »

October 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Olympic mascots, a giant atlas and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Vancouver publisher Whitecap Books is set to publish a book about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic mascots, Miga, Quatchi, Sumi, and in-print only sidekick, Muk Muk A limited edition atlas, called EARTH, weighing in at 19 ... Read More »

October 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Winnipeg women's group sends more than 5,000 books to Nunavut (Winnipeg Free Press) Is sci-fi too nostalgic? (i09.com) Robotic librarian wreaks havoc dispenses books in rural California (The Sacramento Bee) Library patron ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Orwell, the blogger (Time) Hugo Awards awarded “ Chabon wins the big one (The Hugo Awards) China's publishing industry shuts down during Olympics (The New York Times) A pair of Canadians (including ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Bookmarks: Twilight tourism, a nonprofit press, and more

Bookmarks: Giller madness, remembering the fallen, and more

Bookmarks: a blog relaunches, a novel is rediscovered, and a nobel laureate gets skewered

Bookmarks: cover design, Dave Gibbons, the U.S. election, and more

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

Bookmarks: Adiga’s agent, Small Beer for Obama, and more

Bookmarks: DFW, BHL, and a librarian in NYC

Bookmarks: Olympic mascots, a giant atlas and more

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

Bookmarks: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

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