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Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include an inside look at fashion week and a new Blue Jays logo. House of ... Read More »

September 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo Reading Life and Facebook partner for “frictionless” social e-reading

By Sue Carter

Soon Facebook users won't have to click a button to tell their friends what they're reading. Yesterday at F8, Facebook's annual developers conference, Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis announced that its e-reading app, Kobo Reading Life, ... Read More »

September 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Heritage Toronto releases non-fiction book award shortlist

By Natalie Samson

Heritage Toronto, a city agency tasked with the preservation and promotion of local history, has released the list for the 2011 Heritage Toronto Awards. In the book category, which recognizes "well-written non-fiction books published in ... Read More »

September 23, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Natalie Samson

Organizers at the International Festival of Authors have named cartoonist and graphic novelist Seth the winner of the 2011 Harbourfront Festival Prize. The $10,000 prize honours an individual whose work has substantially contributed to the ... Read More »

September 21, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Children’s bookstore launches multilingual short story contest

By Natalie Samson

Rainbow Caterpillar Bookstore, a Toronto-based bookseller of children's literature in a variety of languages including Italian, Spanish, Gujarati, Farsi, Arabic, and Chinese, has announced its first-ever writing contest. The Rainbow Caterpillar Award for Writing for ... Read More »

September 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Gill, Gwyn, Robertson nominated for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The shortlist for the inaugural Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for non-fiction includes two books from 2010, a weighty biography of a former prime minister, and a small-press book from out West. The five nominated ... Read More »

September 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Hey hey, my my: Neil Young announces memoir

By Sue Carter

Neil Young, one of Canada's most famous musical exports, is writing a memoir, to be published in fall 2012 by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Group USA. The New York Times reports that ... Read More »

September 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Harlan Ellison won’t wait until the end of time to challenge Justin Timberlake movie

By Steven W. Beattie

Andrew Niccol, the Australian writer-director who wrote the screenplays for such acclaimed science-fiction films as The Truman Show and Gattaca, is not justified in appropriating the plot of a Harlan Ellison story for his latest ... Read More »

September 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include tales of suburban migration, fall cooking, and political espionage. Toronto Life: Exodus to the ... Read More »

September 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Edmonton book award renamed in honour of Robert Kroetsch

By Stuart Woods

The City of Edmonton has renamed its annual book prize after the late author and poet Robert Kroetsch, who died in a traffic accident in June at age 83. Kroetsch, who won the 1969 Governor ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Kobo Reading Life and Facebook partner for “frictionless” social e-reading

Heritage Toronto releases non-fiction book award shortlist

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

Children’s bookstore launches multilingual short story contest

Gill, Gwyn, Robertson nominated for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize

Hey hey, my my: Neil Young announces memoir

Harlan Ellison won’t wait until the end of time to challenge Justin Timberlake movie

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

Edmonton book award renamed in honour of Robert Kroetsch

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