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Toronto Public Library union to hold read-in

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union will hold a read-in Sunday, Aug. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Nathan Phillips Square. The event is being held in support of local library branches that ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Murakami novel removed from New Jersey high school reading list

By Jason Spencer

Japanese author Haruki Murakami's 1987 novel Norwegian Wood has been removed from the summer reading list for students at a New Jersey high school. The move comes only a month after Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and ... Read More »

August 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Calgary WordFest announces line-up

By Sue Carter

Alberta's WordFest has announced its line-up for this year's event, which takes place Oct. 11“16 in Banff and Calgary. The annual literary festival will host more than 6o events and 75 international authors, including headliners ... Read More »

August 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Notting Hill bookstore to close

By Sue Carter

Fans of schmaltzy romances will be saddened to read that the Travel Bookshop in West London is closing in two weeks. The 32-year-old store, which still draws in lovestruck tourists, is best known from its ... Read More »

August 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: hidden meanings, rhetorical devices, and more

By Jason Spencer

A psychologist says pronoun usage speaks volumes about one's psyche NASA forms partnership with Tor-Forge Books to assist science fiction writers A New York Times columnist argues about how David Foster Wallace argued Review of ... Read More »

August 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Jack Layton: the author

By Sue Carter

Condolences are pouring in for federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, who died this morning from cancer. Aside from being one of the country's most passionate politicians, Layton should also be remembered as an ... Read More »

August 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Novelist Gil Courtemanche succumbs to cancer

By Steven W. Beattie

Gil Courtemanche, the journalist and novelist whose best-selling 2000 novel about the Rwandan genocide, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, was made into a movie in 2006, lost a two-year battle with cancer of ... Read More »

August 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: Aug. 19-25

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: The People's Poetry Festival kick-off, featuring Wakefield Brewster, Iqbal (Bob) Haider, Meghan Doraty, David Rhoads, Erin Dinkle, Diane ... Read More »

August 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Event photos: Mixed Type

By Jason Spencer

St. John's publishers Breakwater Books and Creative Book Publishing joined forces Wednesday night to deliver an evening of spoken word and music. The event, dubbed "Mix Type," featured hometown writers Linden MacIntyre, Patrick Warner, Gerard ... Read More »

August 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

International Festival of Authors expands its Ontario touring program

By Sue Carter

IFOA Ontario, an offshoot of the International Festival of Authors, is expanding its touring program to 16 locations, with new stops in Brantford, Markham, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Woodstock. Box office and event details are ... Read More »

August 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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