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Book Links: Posthumous Pratchett projects coming; world’s largest bookstore to open in Iran

New Terry Pratchett projects revealed at author's memorial. (The Bookseller) Dame Judy Dench named honorary president of the Brontë Society. (BBC) World's largest bookstore to open in Iran. (GalleyCat) HarperCollins wins bid to house imprint ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Happy 25th to Generation X; Judy Blume, bossypants bookseller; Hamilton sells out on Amazon

By Sue Carter

No slacking off here: Douglas Coupland’s Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture turns 25. (BCBookLook) Guilt-ridden shoplifter returns stolen book two years later. (Global News) Judy Blume employed as “Miss Bossypants” at the bookstore ... Read More »

April 15, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Booker finalists revealed; Mississippi writers protest anti-LGBTQ bill; Happy B.C. Book Day

By Becky Robertson

2016 Man Booker International Prize shortlist revealed, featuring Elena Ferrante, Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. (The Guardian) British Columbia celebrates province-wide Book Day. (B.C. Gov) Nearly 100 Mississippi writers, including John Grisham and Donna Tartt, ... Read More »

April 14, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Trump calls Post’s book about him “ridiculous”; CBC Short Story Prize shortlist announced; Knausgaard’s Lego struggle

By Becky Robertson

Donald Trump refuses to read Washington Post's "ridiculous" book about him. (New York Post) CBC announces shortlist for 2016 Short Story Prize. (CBC Books) Scenes from Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle rendered in Lego. (Melville House) ... Read More »

April 13, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Baileys Prize and Dublin Award shortlists; U.K. doctors prescribe books; The Bible among U.S.’s most challenged books

By Becky Robertson

Shortlists announced for the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (Women's Prize for Fiction) and the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. (Dublin Literary Award) Doctors will prescribe books for mental health issues as part ... Read More »

April 12, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: director of Munro-based film named in Panama Papers; authors protest N.C. “bathroom bill”; writers wanted in Silicon Valley

By Becky Robertson

Pedro Almodóvar, director of Alice Munro–based film, cancels all press after being linked to Panama Papers. (Flavorwire) Authors protest North Carolina "bathroom bill," cancel reading events in the state. (Publishers Weekly) The next wave of ... Read More »

April 11, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Authors protest PEN festival’s Israeli backing; original Valley of the Dolls manuscript for sale; Harry Potter fans never grow up

By Becky Robertson

More than 100 renowned authors protest Israeli government sponsorship of PEN World Voices Festival. (Flavorwire) Original Valley of the Dolls manuscript goes to auction for the book's 50th anniversary. (Melville House) Australian Harry Potter event ... Read More »

April 8, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: libraries continue fair ebook pricing battle; Shakespeare First Folio discovered; Ian McKellen renegs on $1.4-million book deal

By Becky Robertson

Canadian libraries continue battle for fair ebook pricing with open letter to Big Five publishers. (Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing) Copy of Shakespeare's First Folio uncovered on Scottish island (ShortList) and the Royal ... Read More »

April 7, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Books Links: Lena Dunham launches Penguin Random House imprint; cheesy author portraits; Bologna gets underway

By Sue Carter

John Milton made of Stilton and other edible author portraits. (The Guardian) Literary Hub reveals the "Final Four of Fucking" in its Tournament of Literary Sex Writing. (Literary Hub) Vladimir Nabokov: the lepidopterist. (New Republic) ... Read More »

April 6, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: YTV series proves Gordon Korman’s timelessness; library fines driving patrons away; Ian McEwan criticized for gender remarks

By Becky Robertson

New YTV series inspired by Gordon Korman's Macdonald Hall books shows his timelessness. (Hazlitt) Library fines are driving low-income patrons away. (The New York Times) Ian McEwan faces backlash after questionable remarks about gender. (The ... Read More »

April 5, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Posthumous Pratchett projects coming; world’s largest bookstore to open in Iran

Book Links: Happy 25th to Generation X; Judy Blume, bossypants bookseller; Hamilton sells out on Amazon

Book Links: Booker finalists revealed; Mississippi writers protest anti-LGBTQ bill; Happy B.C. Book Day

Book Links: Trump calls Post’s book about him “ridiculous”; CBC Short Story Prize shortlist announced; Knausgaard’s Lego struggle

Book Links: Baileys Prize and Dublin Award shortlists; U.K. doctors prescribe books; The Bible among U.S.’s most challenged books

Book Links: director of Munro-based film named in Panama Papers; authors protest N.C. “bathroom bill”; writers wanted in Silicon Valley

Book Links: Authors protest PEN festival’s Israeli backing; original Valley of the Dolls manuscript for sale; Harry Potter fans never grow up

Book Links: libraries continue fair ebook pricing battle; Shakespeare First Folio discovered; Ian McKellen renegs on $1.4-million book deal

Books Links: Lena Dunham launches Penguin Random House imprint; cheesy author portraits; Bologna gets underway

Book Links: YTV series proves Gordon Korman’s timelessness; library fines driving patrons away; Ian McEwan criticized for gender remarks

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