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Q&A with art star and kidlit up-and-comer CybÃ¨le Young

CybÃ¨le Young may have seemed like an overnight kidlit success when her most recent picture book, Ten Birds (Kids Can Press), won a Governor General's Literary Award last fall, but the Toronto-based artist actually began ... Read More »

March 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Did Oprah’s endorsement hurt book sales?

By Sue Carter

For 15 years, Oprah's Book Club was considered one of publishers' favourite things, but a U.S. economist believes O's endorsement had negative impact on overall book sales. In his study on celebrity products, Craig Garthwaite ... Read More »

March 6, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Book links roundup: 500 new fairy tales, Scholastic enters the app market, and more

By Sue Carter

Collection of 500 unpublished fairy tales discovered in Germany Scholastic is developing a free app with games, quizzes, and 1,300 ebooks for purchase Why agency pricing for ebooks doesn't work French government passes controversial law ... Read More »

March 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

BookNet bestsellers: nature

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

This week's bestsellers list, which looks at the nature category, includes two titles from the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize shortlist. Andrew Westoll's The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (#20) might have been the big winner at ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction was awarded to Andrew Westoll for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery at a ceremony in Toronto this afternoon. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

By Steven W. Beattie

It's like trying to cook when there are little children around. That's the assessment of one David Myers, a 53-year-old system administrator in Atlanta, regarding the experience of reading a book on the Kindle Fire. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Scotiabank Giller Prize announces 2012 jury: Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, has announced the jury for 2012 is Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle. Shteyngart is an American writer whose most recent novel, Super Sad True Love ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Scott McIntyre to step down as CEO at D&M

By Natalie Samson

*D&M Publishers has announced company co-founder Scott McIntyre will step down as CEO. Effective July 1, McIntyre will relinquish from his role as CEO, though he will continue as chairman of D&M Publishers and director ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Smashwords in public libraries, poets named Sue, and more

By Sue Carter

Indie ebook distributor Smashwords partners with Baker & Taylor to bring titles to Blio and public libraries Oolichan Books is looking for poets named Sue Silicon Valley entrepreneur builds "an ark" of physical books Do ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award

By Sue Carter

Shandi Mitchell holding the Kobzar Literary Award statue (Photo: James Di Donato) Nova Scotian filmmaker Shandi Mitchell has won the Kobzar Literary Award for her 2009 debut novel, Under This Broken Sky (Penguin Canada). The ... Read More »

March 2, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

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Q&A with art star and kidlit up-and-comer CybÃ¨le Young

Did Oprah’s endorsement hurt book sales?

Book links roundup: 500 new fairy tales, Scholastic enters the app market, and more

BookNet bestsellers: nature

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

Scotiabank Giller Prize announces 2012 jury: Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle

Scott McIntyre to step down as CEO at D&M

Book links roundup: Smashwords in public libraries, poets named Sue, and more

Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award

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