The Saskatchewan Writers' Guild has named Ryshia Kennie winner of the 2011 City of Regina Writing Award. Kennie has written two romance novels, From the Dust (2007) and Ring of Desire (2009), both published by ... Read More »
Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley to release new graphic novel in 2013 A (very small) sample of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 Federal judge sets a date for Google to create a legal plan for the world's ... Read More »
July 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
On July 20, as part of the Marshall McLuhan Centenary celebrations happening this week in Toronto, a group of academics, journalists, retailers, and publishers take part in a panel entitled Reading and Publishing: Paper or ... Read More »
July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The embattled U.S. book chain Borders has run out of options in its attempts to find a buyer and will begin the process of liquidating, according to the Detroit Free Press. The liquidation plan, which ... Read More »
July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
It seems like every other day one news outlet or another is carrying a story about the incipient demise of the publishing industry, the death of print, and the dominance of digital. These, we are ... Read More »
July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Pitchfork Media staff lists top 60 music books including Carl Wilson's Let's Talk About Love Muhammad Ali sues Kobo for using famous slogan without consent The Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference is coming this October Will ... Read More »
July 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Chris Walter releases Up and Down on the Downtown Eastside, with musical guests Kroovy Rookers and Zero Cool, ... Read More »
July 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Wednesday night at Springridge Farm in Milton, Ontario, food, wine, and travel columnist Lynn Ogryzlo stopped by to celebrate her new book The Ontario Table (Niagara Cooks). The cookbook is designed not only to pass on ... Read More »
July 14, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Andrew Westoll, former primatologist and author of The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (HarperCollins Canada), is currently in the Republic of Congo, visiting the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre, the largest sanctuary of its kind ... Read More »
July 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Last night at the Ship Pub in St. John's, former Newfoundland poet laureate Agnes Walsh launched Answer Me Home: Plays from Tramore Theatre (Breakwater Books). The event was hosted by actor, writer, and comedian Andy ... Read More »
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