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Midnight’s Children, Rust and Bone among literary adaptations at TIFF 2012

This morning, the Toronto International Film Festival revealed the first 62 films that will screen at this year's event, which takes place Sept. 6“16. Although the festival is widely known as a Hollywood fan-fest, literature ... Read More »

July 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Little Free Libraries pop up in Toronto

By Katie Gowrie

It was only a matter of time before the Little Free Library project, which has been trending around the world, caught on in Toronto. The program, which was initiated in 2009 by Todd Bol of ... Read More »

July 24, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Book links roundup: New sponsor for former Orange Prize, Julie Wilson stands up for microfiction, and more

By Katie Gowrie

New sponsor of the Women's Prize for Fiction, formerly the Orange Prize, to be announced in September Seen Reading's Julie Wilson defends microfiction Is Joe Posnanski's Paterno the most ill-timed book of the year? Print ... Read More »

July 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

LitPop Awards shortlist announced

By Katie Gowrie

This year's annual LitPop Awards shortlist has been unveiled, with the 2012 contest garnering double the submissions from previous years. The awards have been held annually since 2007 when Matrix literary magazine approached POP Montreal, ... Read More »

July 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

First Book Canada makes first Edmonton distribution

By Katie Gowrie

First Book Canada has expanded its distribution across Alberta by donating over 40, 000 new books to children in Edmonton this week “ the first time the charity has visited that city. The Toronto-based organization ... Read More »

July 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Lost Katherine Mansfield short story discovered Kate Beaton's observations on the world we live in Random House to establish ebook distribution service Brazilian author Vanessa de Oliviera makes nude protest against book piracy Ten years ... Read More »

July 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: John Pilley lands six-figure deal, British Library embarks on massive digitization project, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt acquires John Pilley's The World's Smartest Dog in six-figure book deal British Library to team up with Qatar Foundation to digitize half a million archival pages Gary Ross rumoured to direct adaptation ... Read More »

July 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Shelley Wall talks comics and medicine at the University of Toronto

By Natalie Samson

While comics artists have tackled all manner of sex, drugs, and violence in their work, medicine “ an area in which all these issues (and more) intersect “ still seems to carry the stink of ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Harlequin faces lawsuit for unpaid digital royalties

By Stuart Woods

It's fair to say that Harlequin, the world's leading romance publisher, has also been at the forefront of digital publishing, at least among mainstream publishers with a substantial print legacy. The Toronto-based company (it's owned ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Ebooks oustsold hardcover in 2011, Outlander series to hit television, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Adult fiction ebooks more popular than hardcover Ron Moore to adapt Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series for television U.K. government to announce review of library ebook lending Senator Charles E. Schumer tells DoJ to drop the ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Midnight’s Children, Rust and Bone among literary adaptations at TIFF 2012

Little Free Libraries pop up in Toronto

Book links roundup: New sponsor for former Orange Prize, Julie Wilson stands up for microfiction, and more

LitPop Awards shortlist announced

First Book Canada makes first Edmonton distribution

Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

Book links roundup: John Pilley lands six-figure deal, British Library embarks on massive digitization project, and more

Q&A: Shelley Wall talks comics and medicine at the University of Toronto

Harlequin faces lawsuit for unpaid digital royalties

Book links roundup: Ebooks oustsold hardcover in 2011, Outlander series to hit television, and more

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