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Book Links: Harlequin wants to get you tipsy; former Granta editor launches literary journal; publishers killed Oyster says CEO

Harlequin looks to create new “experiences for women” with Vintages by Harlequin–branded wine (Publishers Weekly). HarperCollins launches a new audiobook app while Scribd adds 10,000 titles to its catalogue from Hachette, Macmillan, and others (Good ... Read More »

September 28, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: the annotated Atwood; the secret library of Los Alamos; Moz fans are bored before they even begin

By Becky Robertson

Read Margaret Atwood’s annotation of her new novel, The Heart Goes Last (Literary Hub). Social media suggests Morrissey’s debut novel deserves an award – for worst sex scenes. (The Telegraph). U.S. Supreme Court justices prefer ... Read More »

September 24, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Roald Dahl Funny Prize cancelled; Amy Schumer signs $8-million book deal; meet the man of your romance novel dreams

By Becky Robertson

Forthcoming book by Amy Schumer rumoured to have sold for $8 million to $10 million (U.S.) (UPI). The U.K. loses another book award as the Roald Dahl Funny Prize ends – though Dahl’s books will ... Read More »

September 23, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Oyster shuts; poet C.K. Williams dies; Trump makes reading great again

By Becky Robertson

Oyster, the ebook subscription service, is shuttering, with much of its staff migrating to Google (Publishers Weekly). U.S. poet C.K. Williams dies at 78 (Flavorwire). The University of Iowa begins project to digitize its zine ... Read More »

September 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: libraries offer more than words; National Book Award on hold; Jackie Collins dies

By Becky Robertson

Frisbees, Wiffle balls, and cake pans: public libraries are aren’t just for books anymore (The New York Times). Digital behaviour catches up to print as data shows most purchased ebooks are never read (Good e-Reader). ... Read More »

September 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Bourdain on bookmaking; Atwood on being double-plus unfree; envying Murakami’s record room

By Sue Carter

Anthony Bourdain breaks from noshing to watch letterpress bookmaking (Mental Floss). Be nice to your books, kids (Huffington Post). Not a buddy comedy: Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton's 1965 film collaboration (The Paris Review). Margaret ... Read More »

September 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Alice Munro’s Dear Life to be set to music; Joanne Harris condemns gender-specific kidlit; a store specifically for self-published books

By Becky Robertson

Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri to adapt Alice Munro’s Dear Life as a musical (CBC Books). Chocolat author Joanne Harris condemns gender division in children’s literature (The Guardian). Single-sentence letter by Charles Darwin repudiating the ... Read More »

September 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: National Book Awards lists announced; George R.R. Martin wants to eat your brain; women overtake men in nerdom

By Becky Robertson

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sally Mann among U.S. National Book Awards finalists for non-fiction; YA longlist also announced (Electric Lit/Los Angeles Times) George R. R. Martin to cameo as zombie author on Z Nation, delaying the next ... Read More »

September 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Man Booker Prize shortlist surprises; Japanese comedian’s debut novel expected to sell millions; Franzen cultivates thoughts for Chipotle

By Becky Robertson

Man Booker Prize shortlist surprisingly omits big names like Marilynne Robinson, Anne Enright (Electric Literature). It's no laughing matter: Japanese comedian Naoki Matayoshi's debut novel expected to sell more than two-million copies (Publishing Perspectives). Chipotle ... Read More »

September 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Iran judge throws the book at criminals; Bangkok collectors’ market gets a three-tonne surprise; Girl in the Spider’s Web tops bestseller lists

By Becky Robertson

Iranian judge throws the book at criminals – literally – handing out sentences to buy, read, and report on five books in lieu of jail time (BBC). Collectors rejoice after three tonnes of rare and ... Read More »

September 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Harlequin wants to get you tipsy; former Granta editor launches literary journal; publishers killed Oyster says CEO

Book Links: the annotated Atwood; the secret library of Los Alamos; Moz fans are bored before they even begin

Book Links: Roald Dahl Funny Prize cancelled; Amy Schumer signs $8-million book deal; meet the man of your romance novel dreams

Book Links: Oyster shuts; poet C.K. Williams dies; Trump makes reading great again

Book Links: libraries offer more than words; National Book Award on hold; Jackie Collins dies

Book Links: Bourdain on bookmaking; Atwood on being double-plus unfree; envying Murakami’s record room

Book Links: Alice Munro’s Dear Life to be set to music; Joanne Harris condemns gender-specific kidlit; a store specifically for self-published books

Book Links: National Book Awards lists announced; George R.R. Martin wants to eat your brain; women overtake men in nerdom

Book Links: Man Booker Prize shortlist surprises; Japanese comedian’s debut novel expected to sell millions; Franzen cultivates thoughts for Chipotle

Book Links: Iran judge throws the book at criminals; Bangkok collectors’ market gets a three-tonne surprise; Girl in the Spider’s Web tops bestseller lists

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