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University of Alberta researchers track down province’s first publisher

A team at the University of Alberta has traced the province's first book publishing enterprise to a Catholic missionary and polyglot. In The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca Country (University of Alberta Press, 2010), ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Joyland launches poetry hub

By Sue Carter

Online literary magazine Joyland has launched a new website, Joyland Poetry. In a similar fashion to its short fiction and prose site, Joyland founders Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis are working with regional editors ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Amazon retail store rumours, Queen Elizabeth literature quiz, and more

By Sue Carter

Are the rumours true about Amazon retail stores? Celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne with a quiz on her appearances in literature Rebecca Walker's new book promotes the non-material side of "black cool" ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Have “social” updates ruined the Kobo app?

By Natalie Samson

It's no secret that Kobo, the e-reading company formerly owned by Indigo Books & Music, is betting big on the "social in-book e-reading experience" to set it apart from competitors such as Amazon's Kindle and ... Read More »

February 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Canadian literary event roundup: Feb. 3-9

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

It's another busy week for literary events. Here's a sample of what's going on across the country: Dinner and reading with Pico Iyer, Grano, Toronto (Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m., $100) Ron Stevens signs Much Ado ... Read More »

February 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links roundup: a guide to literary Tumblrs, unemployment literature, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

A guide to literary Tumblrs Grim economic times inspire unemployment literature Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ... Read More »

February 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Largehearted Boy celebrates 10 years, the greatest books of all time, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Largehearted Boy celebrates 10 years of book and music blogging at Brooklyn's Word Bookstore The Atlantic lists greatest books of all time as voted by 125 famous authors J.D. Salinger's Franny, Graham Greene's Maurice Bendrix, and ... Read More »

February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

By Steven W. Beattie

Poland's Wislawa Szymborska, the woman the Nobel Prize committee called the "Mozart of poetry," died in her hometown of Krakow on Wednesday. From the Washington Post: She has been called both deeply political and playful, ... Read More »

February 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Natalie Portman takes on Judith Krantz, beautiful bookstores, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Natalie Portman is behind a new TV miniseries based on Judith Krantz's steamy novel Scruples Take a peek at 20 of the most beautiful bookstores in the world The New York Times reports Barnes and Noble won't ... Read More »

February 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Guy Delisle wins gold at French comic book awards

By Natalie Samson

Guy Delisle's latest graphic novel, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, has been named best comic book of the year at the 39th AngoulÃªme International Comics Festival. The Quebec-born artist was presented with the Fauve ... Read More »

January 31, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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University of Alberta researchers track down province’s first publisher

Joyland launches poetry hub

Book links roundup: Amazon retail store rumours, Queen Elizabeth literature quiz, and more

Have “social” updates ruined the Kobo app?

Canadian literary event roundup: Feb. 3-9

Book links roundup: a guide to literary Tumblrs, unemployment literature, and more

Book links roundup: Largehearted Boy celebrates 10 years, the greatest books of all time, and more

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

Book links roundup: Natalie Portman takes on Judith Krantz, beautiful bookstores, and more

Guy Delisle wins gold at French comic book awards

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