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High art: Is Drawn & Quarterly Canada’s greatest unsung publishing success story?

(Illustration: Pascal Girard) An early summer rain pounds the Montreal sidewalks, but the Librairie Drawn & Quarterly bookstore, with its exposed brick walls and rustic wood shelves, is a cozy respite from the storm. Drawn ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Alice Munro’s out, Annie Proulx in at Toronto’s Luminato Festival

By Sue Carter

Organizers of Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest cultural festivals, have announced that its high-profile event with CanLit icon Alice Munro has been cancelled, due to a "family commitment." Munro, who has not made an appearance ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Book links roundup: Mad Men’s literary leanings, Pottermore opens its ebook shop, and more

By Sue Carter

Is Mad Men the most literary show on TV? The Globe and Mail's John Doyle thinks it replaces the novel in terms of cultural significance Harry Potter ebooks now available in Canada for the Sony ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (2)

By Sue Carter

Perennial favourites mix with new titles in this week's bestsellers list, covering Canadian fiction. For the two weeks ending March 18, 2012: 1. Flash and Bones, Kathy Reichs (Pocket/Simon & Schuster, $17 pa, 9781451675290) 2. ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Slideshow: Toronto Public Library workers on strike

By Natalie Samson

Sunday marked one week that Toronto Public Library workers have been on strike. To recognize the occasion, The Writers' Union of Canada hosted a rally and read-in to support CUPE Local 4948 (the Toronto Public ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Book links roundup: Daniel Karasick wins CBC short story contest, Invisible Publishing prevails, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Daniel Karasik wins CBC short story prize, which includes $6,000, publication in enRoute magazine, and a two-week residency at the Banff Centre Invisible Publishing keeps on truckin' Prisons, cruise ships, safaris, scientific research stations, and ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

By Steven W. Beattie

One of Canada's finest “ and arguably most underappreciated “ poets has died. Jay Macpherson, a professor at the University of Toronto who won the Governor General's Literary Award for her 1957 collection, The Boatman, ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Canada’s best-selling graphic novels, Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for Hachette, new Vonnegut e-single; and more

By Natalie Samson

Sequential lists 30 best-selling Canadian comics and graphic novels Evan Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for executive post at Hachette Does capitalism trounce freedom of expression at the London Book Fair? Unpublished Kurt Vonnegut novella, Basic Training, ... Read More »

March 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian literary event roundup: March 23-29

By Sue Carter

Doug Harris launches paperback version of You Comma Idiot, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal (March 23, 7 p.m., free) Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? launch Who Is the Doctor: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who, ... Read More »

March 23, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Is St. Martin’s Press a smokescreen for pot delivery?

By Sue Carter

White Castle executives must be bummed that U.S. federal agents intercepted two shipments of marijuana, worth $70,000 U.S., en route to St. Martin's Press in New York City. First reported (appropriately) on the website The ... Read More »

March 22, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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High art: Is Drawn & Quarterly Canada’s greatest unsung publishing success story?

Alice Munro’s out, Annie Proulx in at Toronto’s Luminato Festival

Book links roundup: Mad Men’s literary leanings, Pottermore opens its ebook shop, and more

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (2)

Slideshow: Toronto Public Library workers on strike

Book links roundup: Daniel Karasick wins CBC short story contest, Invisible Publishing prevails, and more

Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

Book links roundup: Canada’s best-selling graphic novels, Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for Hachette, new Vonnegut e-single; and more

Canadian literary event roundup: March 23-29

Is St. Martin’s Press a smokescreen for pot delivery?

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