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Tosca Reno takes the reins at Robert Kennedy Publishing

Author and fitness maven Tosca Reno will take over as publisher and chief executive officer at Robert Kennedy Publishing in Mississauga, Ontario. Robert Kennedy, who founded RKP in 1967 with the launch of MuscleMag International, ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo to expand digital publishing services before end of quarter

By Natalie Samson

Now that things have settled down at Kobo following its acquisition by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, the e-reading company seems poised to roll out the next stage of its digital publishing services in the coming ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica goes mobile, Pulitzer jury speaks out, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Encyclopaedia Britannica digitally reinvents itself for iPhone and iPad Pulitzer jury speaks out on this year's decision not to present a fiction award Los Angeles Review of Books launches new website Ted Hughes's brother Gerald to publish ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Esi Edugyan makes Orange Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

Esi Edugyan has made the Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist. The award celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in women's writing. Edugyan's novel Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers) will compete against Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz, ... Read More »

April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

By Natalie Samson

Publishers, authors, and booksellers "howl in outrage" at Pulitzer fiction snub What the Department of Justice antitrust suit will mean for ebook buyers Watch talks by Goodreads' Kyusik Chung, Geomentum's Liz Ross, and Evan Schnittman ... Read More »

April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

CLA awards recognize Kit Pearson, Catherine Austen, and Matthew Forsythe

By Natalie Samson

The Canadian Library Association named the winners of its annual book awards Monday morning. Kit Pearson's The Whole Truth (HarperCollins Canada), which touches on the Depression era, family drama, and forgiveness, has been selected as ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

BookNet bestsellers: sports

By Sue Carter

As the National Hockey League playoffs get underway, this week's bestsellers list is dominated by books about Canada's favourite sport. For the two weeks ending April 8: 1. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Pulitzer board declines to hand out fiction award

By Natalie Samson

The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced today, but you won't find a recipient in the fiction category. Publishers Lunch reports that the Pulitzer board "failed to reach a majority" in selecting a winner for ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Toronto Public Library launches TTC book club London Book Fair's focus on China worrying to free speech activists PBS Newshour interviews attorney Steve Berman, lead counsel in the Apple ebook antitrust lawsuit Heather Reisman speaks to CBC ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian literary event roundup: April 13-19

By Sue Carter

Binnie Brennan launches her debut short-story collection, A Certain Grace, The Company House, Halifax (April 15, 4 p.m., free) Art, storytelling, performance, and film at the launch of Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years, Gladstone ... Read More »

April 13, 2012 | Filed under: Events

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Tosca Reno takes the reins at Robert Kennedy Publishing

Kobo to expand digital publishing services before end of quarter

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica goes mobile, Pulitzer jury speaks out, and more

Esi Edugyan makes Orange Prize shortlist

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

CLA awards recognize Kit Pearson, Catherine Austen, and Matthew Forsythe

BookNet bestsellers: sports

Pulitzer board declines to hand out fiction award

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

Canadian literary event roundup: April 13-19

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