Margaret Laurence's cottage on the market Sheryl Sandberg, comic-book hero Captain Underpants series tops list of banned books The makings ... Read More »
September 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
Next week, art-book creators from across Canada (including this writer) and abroad will arrive in Vancouver for Artists Book Week and the third annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair (Oct. 3–5). Taking its inspiration from international events like Printed ... Read More »
Kate Pullinger is the recipient of this year’s Anne Green Award, presented annually by Calgary’s Wordfest to artists “whose work explores and challenges the traditional form of story and narrative.” Pullinger receives the award for Landing ... Read More »
A group of researchers from 21 academic and non-academic institutes, led by Andrew Piper, associate professor and William Dawson Scholar of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University, is undertaking the “first large-scale quantitative history ... Read More »
September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news
Aboriginal talent was honoured at the eighth annual Ontario Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which were handed out last night at a gala ceremony held at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. Poet, author, and ... Read More »
Malcolm Gladwell gets snarky "Idiot's Guide to Smart People" video treatment "Security hole" allows hackers to access Kindle users' accounts William Golding's papers, including hand-written draft of Lord of the Flies, made available to public ... Read More »
September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
Rob Ford's former chief of staff Mark Towhey is back in the spotlight with news that he has co-written a "tell-all" book with Globe & Mail journalist Johanna Schneller about his time working for the ... Read More »
September 10, 2014 | Filed under: Book news
Unless scientists discover a way to keep humans alive for an extra hundred years (or if it turns out the movie Cocoon is based in fact), anyone breathing right now will never get a chance ... Read More »
September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book news
Everyone, it seems, wants to get in on the enduring appeal of L.M. Montgomery's classic stories about feisty red-haired Anne Shirley, with new box sets hitting the shelves in the coming months from no fewer ... Read More »
August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing
At Kobo's pool-party event held last night in Toronto (complete with synchronized swimmers), the company made a splash with its announcement that it will be releasing a waterproof e-reader Oct. 1. The Kobo Aura H2O ... Read More »
August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
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