Last December, Quillblog noted a spat between Toronto Small Press Book Fair organizers Myna Wallin and Halli Villegas and one of the event's founders, poet Stuart Ross. The controversy stemmed from comments posted by Ross ... Read More »
A Vancouver bookstore with a long history of pricey court battles is seeking a buyer. According to Xtra West, Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium owners Jim Deva and Bruce Smyth are looking to move ... Read More »
January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
From the Times Colonist: Unionized workers from the Greater Victoria Public Library were off the job yesterday to protest the suspension of a colleague, said union spokesman Ed Seedhouse. The job action closed all nine ... Read More »
From EarthTimes.org: A German children's book can be published in the United States after a publisher there dropped its demand for the genitals on a picture of a statue in it be air-brushed out, it ... Read More »
January 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some library-related links: Libraries saved... outside of Chatham, Ontario, anyway (Chatham Daily News) Libraries doing okay... in Toronto, anyway (Toronto Star) Libraries doing better than ever! (Toronto Star) But there's porn in the library! (The ... Read More »
Spider-Man fans are scratching their heads in disbelief after a plot twist in a recent installment reversed one of the series' longstanding narrative pillars: Peter Parker's 21-year marriage with Mary Jane Watson. According to the ... Read More »
January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Libraries and the homeless go together like “ actually, it's hard to say, because the relationship between the two is constantly changing, and differs from city to city, system to system, and even branch to ... Read More »
From United Press International: Several people sidelined by the Hollywood writers strike said they are penning children's tales to pass the time while they wait to go back to work. "It's kind of a nice ... Read More »
January 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Preliminary reviews of CBC TV's jPod are in, and so far critical reception of the new hour-long comedy-drama series “ based on the novel by Douglas Coupland “ is decidedly mixed. The only wholeheartedly favourable ... Read More »
January 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
What do George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and John Irving all have in common? A penchant for tattoos, according to an article posted on the website of Abebooks, the Victoria-based online book retailer. The piece opens ... Read More »
January 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
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