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Advance review: Alice Munro’s Dear Life

This review of Alice Munro's new collection of short stories, Dear Life (McClelland & Stewart), appears in the November issue of Q&Q. Feature reviewer James Grainger writes: Critics have been saying for so long that ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Johnny Depp gets HarperCollins imprint, France isn’t excited by Fifty Shades of Grey, and more

By Sue Carter

Johnny Depp launching new HarperCollins imprint with unpublished Woodie Guthrie novel French critics, readers bored by EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey Which Booker Prize nominees have enjoyed significant sales bumps? Self-publishing, ebooks for cell ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Richards, Thurston, Goyette win Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Awards

By Sue Carter

New Brunswick author David Adams Richards was the big winner at this year's Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Awards, which were presented Oct. 12 at a ceremony in Halifax. Richards received the $20,000 Thomas Head ... Read More »

October 15, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Acorn-Plantos Award announces shortlisted poets

By Sue Carter

The Acorn-Plantos Award committee has announced the shortlist for the 2012 Acorn-Plantos Award for People's Poetry. The award is presented annually to a Canadian poet whose book follows in the "tradition of Acorn, Livesay, Purdy, ... Read More »

October 15, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

HathiTrust ruling bodes well for Google Books, the beef against women readers, and more

By Sue Carter

Does the HathiTrust fair-use ruling suggest victory for Google Books Library Project? Slate tracks the "historical beef against women readers Amazon notifies customers of potential ebook lawsuit payout Ian Rankin, Jackie Collins, and 19 other ... Read More »

October 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Alice Munro’s IFOA appearance cancelled

By Sue Carter

Alice Munro's sold-out appearance at Toronto's International Festival of Authors has been cancelled. In a press release from the IFOA, Munro's friend and editor, Douglas Gibson, says, "Alice is 81 years old now, and her ... Read More »

October 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Andrew J. Borkowski wins Toronto Book Award

By Sue Carter

Andrew J. Borkowski has received the 2012 Toronto Book Award for Copernicus Avenue (Cormorant Books), a collection of linked short stories set in the city's west-end Polish neighbourhood after the Second World War. The award ... Read More »

October 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Mo Yan speaks out for jailed laureate, Amazon ranks author popularity, and more

By Sue Carter

Nobel winner Mo Yan urges freeing of imprisoned laureate Liu Xiaobo Amazon's Author Rank poised to become writers' new obsession Will Walmart's same-day delivery service devour more small retailers? Mapping the world by domestic publishing ... Read More »

October 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Just a Larger Family receives Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence

By Sue Carter

Wilfrid Laurier University Press has received a Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for Just a Larger Family: Letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian Home Front, 1940“1944. The book was edited by Marie's Williamson's daughter, ... Read More »

October 11, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Madeline Sonik and Caitlyn Vernon win Victoria Book Prizes

By Sue Carter

Madeline Sonik's collection of first-person essays, Afflictions and Departures (Anvil Press), has won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize, beating Esi Edugyan's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers). Sonik received the ... Read More »

October 11, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

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Advance review: Alice Munro’s Dear Life

Johnny Depp gets HarperCollins imprint, France isn’t excited by Fifty Shades of Grey, and more

Richards, Thurston, Goyette win Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Awards

Acorn-Plantos Award announces shortlisted poets

HathiTrust ruling bodes well for Google Books, the beef against women readers, and more

Alice Munro’s IFOA appearance cancelled

Andrew J. Borkowski wins Toronto Book Award

Mo Yan speaks out for jailed laureate, Amazon ranks author popularity, and more

Just a Larger Family receives Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence

Madeline Sonik and Caitlyn Vernon win Victoria Book Prizes

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