It's another busy week for literary events. Here's a sample of what's going on across the country: Asim Hussain launches Khadijah Goes to School, Toronto Women's Bookstore (Feb. 11, 3 p.m., free) Sarah Ellis shares ... Read More »
Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »
February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries
Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »
B.C. author Bernadette McDonald has won the 2012 American Alpine Literary Award. McDonald, founding vice-president of mountain culture at the Banff Centre and the author of seven books, has received the honour for her book ... Read More »
Canada Reads author Dave Bidini performs with the BidiniBand at the Toronto Reference Library (Photo: Tanja-Tiziana Burdi) Dave Bidini's rock memoir, On a Cold Road, is the latest title to be voted off CBC's Canada ... Read More »
February 8, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Although CBC Canada Reads celebrity defender Stacey McKenzie shed a few tears, day two of the book contest was a more civilized affair than yesterday's bloody match. But the fisticuffs are ongoing outside of the ... Read More »
February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
In celebration of his 200th birthday, a remembrance of Charles Dickens' visit to Niagara Falls Flavorwire analyzes writers' personalities by their handwriting Russell Smith asks: fiction or non-fiction, does it matter anymore? Timothy Donnelly wins ... Read More »
February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Jian Ghomeshi, Marina Nemat, and Arlene Dickinson during happier times at the Canada Reads launch event in November When Canada Reads resident blogger Terry Fallis (who won last year for his novel The Best Laid ... Read More »
February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
What began as a "simmering feud" during the Christmas selling season, when Amazon launched a promotion offering users discounts for purchasing products scanned in bricks-and-mortar stores, has escalated into "full-scale war," according to an article ... Read More »
February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Just in time for the spring book season, a non-profit organization for self-published authors is getting an international roll-out. Headed up in London, England, by Orna Nass, an author and former literary agent, The Alliance ... Read More »
February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news
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