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Laying out the Alcuin Book Design Award winners

The 2010 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada were announced on Tuesday. Selected by judges Alan Brownoff, Dr. Shelley Gruendler, and CS Richardson, 37 titles have been honoured this year. Peter ... Read More »

March 29, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Doug Saunders, Tom Flanagan on Donner Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

The shortlist for the 2010“2011 Donner Prize, which awards excellence in Canadian public policy writing, has been announced. Selected from 69 submissions, the five finalists are: Pamela Blais, Perverse Cities: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, and ... Read More »

March 29, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Q&Q review: David Bezmozgis’s The Free World

By Sue Carter

David Bezmozgis's highly anticipated debut novel The Free World will be released on April 4th. In the Jan./Feb. issue of Q&Q, feature reviewer Jeet Heer writes: After Henry Roth, after Isaac Bashevis Singer, after Saul ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: turning poetry into e-books, and more

By Sue Carter

Breaking lines: the challenges of translating poetry collections into e-books British children's fantasy and sci-fi author Dianne Wynne Jones has died Muggles can now rent Harry Potter films through Facebook, but still no word of ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

CBC Literary Awards winners announced

By Natalie Samson

Shelagh Rogers announced the winners of this year's CBC Literary Awards this morning on CBC Radio's Q. The awards, started by editor, publisher, and CBC producer Robert Weaver in 1979, recognize original unpublished work by ... Read More »

March 24, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Toronto Women’s Bookstore anthology seeks contributors

By Natalie Samson

Hot on the heels of its change in ownership, the Toronto Women's Bookstore is celebrating its 40th anniversary in independent bookselling and feminist activism with an upcoming anthology edited by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk and published by ... Read More »

March 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Atlantic Book Awards announces shortlists

By Sue Carter

The shortlists for the Atlantic Book Awards have been announced. Johanna Skibsrud received nods for her poetry collection I Do Not Think That I Could Love a Human Being and her Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel ... Read More »

March 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily links round-up: Google deal aftermath, Lindle lives, and more

By Sue Carter

The rejected Google deal settlement: what does the rejection really mean? One day after Amazon cut off Lindle's access to its e-book databases, the e-book lender is back up and running Nino Ricci's concern for ... Read More »

March 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo announces new president and CFO

By Sue Carter

Indigo Books & Music has announced major changes in its senior ranks. Effective April 1, current president Joel Silver, a well-known figure in Canadian publishing circles, will be appointed to Indigo's board of directors. Silver ... Read More »

March 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Judge rejects Google Book Settlement

By Steven W. Beattie

Adding another chapter to the ongoing (not to say epic) saga of Google's attempt to build the world's largest digital library, Judge Denny Chin has rejected the settlement that would have granted the company the ... Read More »

March 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

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