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Presses de l’UniversitÃ© de Laval launches e-reading app, e-bookstore

Presses de l'Université Laval has released an online e-bookstore and a free iPad e-reading app. The products were developed by Nu-book, a Quebec-based digital publishing company, and launched last week. Presently, 213 iPad-ready versions of ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Fan Expo Vancouver celebrates science fiction with Spider Robinson, D.D. Brant, A.M. Dellamonica, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Vancouver Convention Centre (April 21-22, check website for times) Blue Metropolis Festival offers readings, panel discussions, master classes, literary ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

By Sue Carter

Toronto's Pride and Prejudice fans will don their finest gloves and gowns for A Weekend with Jane Austen (April 20“22), a three-day event that celebrates the 1812 Regency era with workshops, lectures, tours, and period ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

2012 Arthur Ellis nominees announced

By Natalie Samson

Crime Writers of Canada revealed the shortlists for the 29th annual Arthur Ellis Awards on Thursday evening at the Manulife Centre Indigo in Toronto. The event featured readings by nominated writers, including novelist Robert Rotenberg. ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Kobo to open 100 boutiques within WHSmith stores

By Sue Carter

Tech website AppNewser is reporting that Kobo will open branded shops inside 100 locations of the U.K. retailer, WHSmith. According to the blog, the e-reading company has been testing booths in select WHSmith locations. The ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

Quillcast episode seven: celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hana’s Suitcase

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hana's Suitcase (Second Story Press), the story of a ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Quillcast

Lawsuits allege ebook price-fixing conspiracy in Canada

By Stuart Woods

The Globe and Mail is reporting that several lawsuits have been filed in Canada alleging that, like their counterparts south of the border, the Canadian subsidiaries of foreign publishing houses conspired to lower the prices ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Karen Solie takes her poetry to the 2012 Olympics, top 10 graphic memoirs, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Karen Solie represents Canadian poetry at the 2012 Olympics Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Art Spiegelman's Maus, and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home top 10 graphic memoirs Steve Soboroff's collection of typewriters used by Ernest Hemingway, George Bernard Shaw, ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Gabrielle Roy Prize shortlist revealed

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures has announced the shortlists for the 2011 Gabrielle Roy Prize, honouring the best works of Canadian literary criticism published in English and French. The finalists were selected by ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Shit Girls Say scores book deal with Harlequin

By Sue Carter

Following in the footsteps of Justin Halpern's Shit My Dad Says, the popular Twitter feed and YouTube series Shit Girls Say is the latest Internet meme to be turned into a book. Created by Toronto ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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Presses de l’UniversitÃ© de Laval launches e-reading app, e-bookstore

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

2012 Arthur Ellis nominees announced

Kobo to open 100 boutiques within WHSmith stores

Quillcast episode seven: celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hana’s Suitcase

Lawsuits allege ebook price-fixing conspiracy in Canada

Book links roundup: Karen Solie takes her poetry to the 2012 Olympics, top 10 graphic memoirs, and more

Gabrielle Roy Prize shortlist revealed

Shit Girls Say scores book deal with Harlequin

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