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Bruce Philp wins business book award

Bruce Philp has won this year's National Business Book Award for Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World (McClelland & Stewart). The former ad ... Read More »

May 28, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: Spanish booksellers to sue Amazon, Ingram CEO to step down, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Spanish Booksellers' Association talks about suing Amazon over book pricing Ingram CEO to step down Christopher Hitchens wins Orwell Prize Joanna Trollope and sexism in the British literary world Jennifer Egan on releasing a sci-fi ... Read More »

May 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian literary event roundup: May 25-31

By Katie Gowrie

Charity book sale, St. Augustine's Anglican Church, Vancouver (May 25, 6 p.m., free) Heather Grace Stewart reads from her poetry collection Carry on Dancing at the Novel Idea Bookstore, Kingston, ON (May 25, 7 p.m.) ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Canadian fiction editor Melanie Little steps down at Anansi

By Stuart Woods

House of Anansi Press president and publisher Sarah MacLachlan has announced several changes to its editorial department. Melanie Little, who joined the firm two years ago as senior editor of Canadian fiction, is stepping down ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

CBA announces Libris Award nominees

By Stuart Woods

The Canadian Booksellers Association has revealed the shortlists for this year's Libris Awards, which recognize literary achievement as well as behind-the-scenes contributions in the book industry, as voted on by independent booksellers. This year's awards ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Toronto’s Silver Snail Comics offers sneak peek of Yonge Street store and cafe

By Natalie Samson

Silver Snail Comics co-owner George Zotti is offering the public a video tour of the store's new home just steps away from Toronto's Yonge and Dundas Square. In addition to the standard comic book fare, ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Kobo releases classic novels as digital comics

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo users can now read ebooks like Alice in Wonderland, The Last of the Mohicans, and War of the Worlds as illustrated comics, through a content distribution deal between Kobo and the digital publisher Trajectory. ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Saddam Hussein’s daughter seeks publisher, World e-Reading Congress happenings, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Saddam Hussein's daughter seeks publisher her for father's memoirs Print books endorsed at World e-Reading Congress Amazon shareholders meeting disturbed by tax protests Robert Pattinson to play Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games sequel Shakespeare's ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Quillcast episode nine: Will Ferguson on teaching humour

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, author Will Ferguson discusses the origins of humour in creative writing. Ferguson is the author ... Read More »

May 24, 2012 | Filed under: Quillcast

Jennifer Egan short story to be serialized on Twitter

By Sue Carter

Starting tonight, Jennifer Egan's latest short story, "Black Box," will be tweeted by The New Yorker's fiction department (@NYerFiction) over 10 nightly instalments. The story will appear in its entirety in the magazine's June 4 ... Read More »

May 24, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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