In preparation for the launch of Michael Cho's Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes (Drawn & Quarterly) on ... Read More »
May 16, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling
The Ontario Library Association has revealed the winners of the 2012 Forest of Reading Awards. The winners in categories for school-age children were announced in front of more than 8,000 kids at the annual Festival ... Read More »
May 16, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Until the very end, Carlos Fuentes was writing. The 83-year-old Mexican novelist died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He published an article in the Mexican newspaper Reforma on the same day. Author Jose Agustin ... Read More »
May 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
Aaron Sorkin to write screenplay for Steve Jobs biopic Mark Zuckerberg's former assistant writes memoir Ellen DeGeneres wins Mark Twain Prize French culture minister Mitterrand warns about "predatory" ebook pricing The Outsiders released as ebook ... Read More »
May 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Seventeen more U.S. states, including New York, have joined the class action lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin, accused of allegedly colluding to raise the price of ebooks. Unlike the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation, ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling
Do you have a hard time keeping track of all the literary events taking place in Toronto and across Ontario? If you own an iPhone, Open Book: Toronto and Open Book: Ontario may have a ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Leonard Cohen donates $50K Glenn Gould Prize to Canada Council for the Arts Charlaine Harris announces end of Sookie Stackhouse series Kirk Douglas, Capote make ebook debuts Russian writers lead protest march A Clockwork Orange ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Women authors writing across a number of genres dominate this week's bestsellers list of Canadian fiction. For the two weeks ending May 6, 2012: 1. Alone in the Classroom, Elizabeth Hay (McClelland & Stewart, $22 ... Read More »
May 14, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers
Canada Post has cemented Franklin the Turtle's status as a Canadian kidlit icon by unveiling a series of stamps featuring the hero in a half-shell. The four stamps depicting scenes from Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda ... Read More »
May 14, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Victoria author Esi Edugyan can add one more honour to her long list of achievements. Edugyan's 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel, Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers), was awarded the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize at the ... Read More »
May 14, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
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