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Book Links: Millennium trilogy grows to six parts; hating Jonathan Franzen; how the pros read for pleasure

Chicago artist Theaster Gates Jr. buys derelict bank for $1, turns it into library and arts centre. (Mental Floss) Why is everyone so obsessed with hating Jonathan Franzen? (The Globe and Mail) Marlon James’s Man ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Marlon James wins Man Booker; Ladybird gets adult remake; Captain Marvel takes a back seat to Ant-Man

By Becky Robertson

Jamaican author Marlon James wins the Man Booker Prize; Ta-Nehisi Coates among National Book Award finalists. (Los Angeles Times) “It’s like being allowed to mess about with a national treasure.” Penguin celebrates the 100th anniversary ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Buying Stephen King’s body (of work); Obama’s new career?; Amazon gets physical

By Becky Robertson

The horror ... the horror—the money-making horror. Scribner buys rights to 27 Stephen King titles. (Los Angeles Times) President Obama begins testing out post-public-life careers, interviews author Marilynne Robinson. (The New York Review of Books) ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: revenge of the booksellers; Hillary Clinton ups her sales numbers; finally, a colouring book for kids;

By Becky Robertson

Debut novel by Canadian screenwriter Elan Mastai acquired in seven figure deal ahead of Frankfurt Book Fair. (Publishers Weekly) Booksellers take revenge on former Australian premier who cut arts funding by not stocking his book. ... Read More »

October 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: the Miss Marple you didn’t know you wanted; Stephanie Meyer’s blood-sucking new book; it’s raining money on Mars

By Becky Robertson

CBS to offer up a sexy, young Miss Marple to complement its world-weary Nancy Drew. (AV Club) U.K. book chain Waterstones phases out the sale of Kindle e-readers following “pitiful sales.” (The Guardian) Toronto-based Colborne ... Read More »

October 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Iran threatens book-fair boycott; brushing up Shakespeare; roll over, Johannes

By Conan Tobias

Project Gutenberg digitizes its 50,000th book, blowing Johannes’s mind from beyond the grave. (Project Gutenberg News) The ’80s are alive in Iran as the country threatens to boycott Frankfurt book fair over scheduled appearance by ... Read More »

October 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: saying goodbye to paper card catalogues; new lines discovered from the Epic of Gilgamesh

By Becky Robertson

Twenty new lines found from The Epic of Gilgamesh (Open Culture). Swedish crime author Henning Mankell dies at 67 (The Guardian). Online Computer Library Centre, administrator of the world's largest public-access catalogue, ends use of ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Nova Scotian author mistaken for premier; George R.R. Martin recalls life on Mars; getting sexy with T.S. Eliot

By Becky Robertson

Was author Silver Donald Cameron a better Nova Scotian premier than politician Donald Cameron? This think tank thinks so (CBC). George R.R. Martin recalls his childhood spent on Mars (The Guardian). T.S. Eliot’s mixed legacy ... Read More »

October 1, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Schumacher becomes first woman to win Thurber; Kobo’s Super loyalty program; Wordsworth had a way with commas (just not a good one)

By Becky Robertson

Julie Schumacher proves Jerry Lewis wrong, becomes the first woman to win the Thurber Prize for American Humor (Al Jazeera America). Kobo skips Points loyality program, goes right to Super Points (The Digital Reader). Book ... Read More »

September 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: meet the writers behind your fortune-cookie messages; is Banned Books Week still important?

By Becky Robertson

Looking for an entry-level writing gig? Meet some fortune-cookie message writers (The Guardian). Gabriel García Márquez was allegedly a fan of soap operas, and even wrote one himself (Open Culture). Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren's ... Read More »

September 29, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Millennium trilogy grows to six parts; hating Jonathan Franzen; how the pros read for pleasure

Book Links: Marlon James wins Man Booker; Ladybird gets adult remake; Captain Marvel takes a back seat to Ant-Man

Book Links: Buying Stephen King’s body (of work); Obama’s new career?; Amazon gets physical

Book Links: revenge of the booksellers; Hillary Clinton ups her sales numbers; finally, a colouring book for kids;

Book Links: the Miss Marple you didn’t know you wanted; Stephanie Meyer’s blood-sucking new book; it’s raining money on Mars

Book Links: Iran threatens book-fair boycott; brushing up Shakespeare; roll over, Johannes

Book Links: saying goodbye to paper card catalogues; new lines discovered from the Epic of Gilgamesh

Book Links: Nova Scotian author mistaken for premier; George R.R. Martin recalls life on Mars; getting sexy with T.S. Eliot

Book Links: Schumacher becomes first woman to win Thurber; Kobo’s Super loyalty program; Wordsworth had a way with commas (just not a good one)

Book Links: meet the writers behind your fortune-cookie messages; is Banned Books Week still important?

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