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Obama, Rumsfeld books set for winter release

Simon & Schuster unveiled the cover for O: A Presidential Novel, an anonymously authored novel about U.S. president Barack Obama. The cover features a gold "O" bookended by a pair of protruding ears against a ... Read More »

January 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Charles Taylor Prize announces nominees

By Stuart Woods

The nominees for the tenth Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction were announced in Toronto this morning. The five-title shortlist was selected from 153 submissions by jurors Neil Bissoondath, Eva-Marie KrÃ¶ller, and David Macfarlane, who ... Read More »

January 11, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Ruth Cavin, the “First Lady of Mysteries,” dies

By Steven W. Beattie

The Associated Press is reporting that Ruth Cavin, an editor at the Thomas Dunne Books imprint of St. Martin's Press in the U.S., has succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 92. Cavin was ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

How to outfit a room? With books, of course

By Steven W. Beattie

There is a great deal of doom and gloom these days over the fact that fewer people seem to be reading than has been the case in recent history, but an article in The New ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: the latest links

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Toronto novelist Stephen Marche takes on Snooki in the National Post Canadian Manda Group, the Canadian sales agent for Guinness World Records, sets a new record for duct-taping a ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Latest Ondaatje novel confirmed for summer 2011

By Stuart Woods

McClelland & Stewart has announced that the sixth novel by Michael Ondaatje will be published in Canada on Aug. 30, 2011. Plot details for the novel, titled The Cat's Table, are still pretty scarce, but ... Read More »

January 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Key Porter considers “restructuring options”

By Stuart Woods

Following yesterday's report by Q&Q, there has been much speculation in the media and publishing world about the uncertain future of the troubled Key Porter Books. In a statement released this afternoon, the Bolton-based company ... Read More »

January 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Anna Porter, Tim Cook among Shaughnessy Cohen nominees

By Stuart Woods

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the finalists for the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, awarded annually to a non-fiction book that has the "potential to shape or influence Canadian political life." ... Read More »

January 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Patsy Aldana named to Order of Canada

By Steven W. Beattie

Patsy Aldana, the publisher of Groundwood Books, was named a member of the Order of Canada last week. A native of Guatemala, Aldana came to Canada in 1971 and started Groundwood (which was acquired by ... Read More »

January 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders on the brink, but Kobo continues to grow

By Stuart Woods

A year ago, in the week following Christmas, Canadian publishers and distributors were greeted with the dismaying news that one of the country's leading bookstore chains, McNally Robinson Booksellers, was significantly scaling back its operations, ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Obama, Rumsfeld books set for winter release

Charles Taylor Prize announces nominees

Ruth Cavin, the “First Lady of Mysteries,” dies

How to outfit a room? With books, of course

Book biz round-up: the latest links

Latest Ondaatje novel confirmed for summer 2011

Key Porter considers “restructuring options”

Anna Porter, Tim Cook among Shaughnessy Cohen nominees

Patsy Aldana named to Order of Canada

Borders on the brink, but Kobo continues to grow

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