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Book sales down “dramatically” in Q1 of 2011

The bad news for booksellers just seems to keep coming. Today, Publishers Weekly reports that Canadian book sales "dropped dramatically" in the first quarter of 2011 according to figures released by BookNet Canada. The market ... Read More »

July 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Governor General’s Award winner Gloria Sawai dies at 78

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog was saddened to learn of the death of Gloria Sawai last Wednesday. The Alberta writer, whose single book, the short-story collection A Song for Nettie Johnson, beat out Carol Shields' Unless and Wayne Johnston's ... Read More »

July 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood followers crash TPL petition website

By Natalie Samson

Margaret Atwood took to Twitter on Thursday to mobilize her 225,302 followers against the potential privatization and service cuts to the Toronto Public Library. The traffic resulting after @MargaretAtwood retweeted "Toronto's libraries are under threat ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

A Clockwork Orange show tunes to be unveiled

By Jason Spencer

To mark the 50th anniversary of A Clockwork Orange next year, a stage adaptation of the demented dystopian novel will be performed using songs composed by the books' author, Anthony Burgess. According to the BBC, ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Chester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011

By Jason Spencer

Chester Brown is making a big splash at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, which runs until Sunday. Today, Brown is performing his "acclaimed slideshow," reading from his controversial graphic novel Paying for ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links round-up: scathing reviews, foggy plot lines, and more

By Jason Spencer

An excerpt from Eva Gabrilsson's book about her life with Stieg Larsson How much do we actually retain from reading? Slate explains h0w not to write a book review Stephen King's The Dark Tower will not be ... Read More »

July 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Sheila Heti, Misha Glouberman, and Kate Beaton bring Canadiana to U.S. stages

By Sue Carter

U.S. hipsters and alt-comedy fans will get a dose of Canadiana this week. Tonight, Sheila Heti and Misha Glouberman are launching their book, The Chairs Are Where The People Go (D&M Publishers), in Los Angeles. ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: phone-hacking lit, saving Toronto libraries, and more

By Sue Carter

Could you make this stuff up? Phone hacking in literature Protecting the Toronto Public Library from threat of privatization Creating online ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

By Steven W. Beattie

Kobo, the Toronto-based e-reading company, has issued an official statement to clarify its position vis-Ã -vis the recent announcement that the U.S. bookstore chain Borders would be entering liquidation. The statement is in response to "misconceptions ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Book sales down “dramatically” in Q1 of 2011

Governor General’s Award winner Gloria Sawai dies at 78

Atwood followers crash TPL petition website

A Clockwork Orange show tunes to be unveiled

Chester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

Book links round-up: scathing reviews, foggy plot lines, and more

Sheila Heti, Misha Glouberman, and Kate Beaton bring Canadiana to U.S. stages

Book links round-up: phone-hacking lit, saving Toronto libraries, and more

Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

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