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Jacob Scheier’s first rule of awards controversies: don’t talk about awards controversies

Governor General's Literary Award“winning poet Jacob Scheier has weighed in on the Ali Smith/Giller Prize controversy on Now Magazine's website. As you may recall, Scheier himself was at the centre of an awards scandal after ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Daily book biz round-up: Costa Book Award nominees; world’s best bookstores; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Costa Book Award nominees announced Joyland Books, the e-book only imprint of ECW Press, releases its first Canadian-authored title: Chris Eaton's Letters to Thomas Pynchon Lonely Planet names world's 10 best bookstores ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Mark Twain: dead and kicking

By Alina Seagal

As willed by the author, the first volume of Mark Twain's autobiography was released for the first time on Monday, 100 years after his death. Yet even before its release, the Autobiography of Mark Twain, ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Obama’s kids book hits shelves; Chelsea Handler gets own imprint; and more

By Alina Seagal

Today's book news: Barack Obama's children's book released while his predecessor faces plagiarism accusations for his own memoir Chinese website apologizes for selling pirated e-books Grand Central Publishing launches imprint for comedian Chelsea Handler The ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

GG winner Allan Casey on Saskatchewan’s vibrant literary scene: “We’re serious about football and books”

By Stuart Woods

This year's Governor General's Literary Awards was a prize bonanza for Saskatchewan's writing and publishing community, with the fiction and non-fiction prizes going to a pair of prairie authors, Dianne Warren and Allan Casey. Meanwhile, ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Jessica Grant wins Evergreen Award

By Scott MacDonald

St. John's author Jessica Grant's Come, Thou Tortoise (Vintage Canada) has won the 2010 Evergreen Award, part of the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading program. The award is voted on by readers, and Grant's ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Diane Warren, Allan Casey win GG awards

By Scott MacDonald

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the winners of the 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards, each of whom receives $25,000. The winners, in both English and French, are: Fiction: Dianne Warren, Cool Water ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

D&M unveils The Sentimentalists redesign

By Stuart Woods

Before Johanna Skibsrud's The Sentimentalists won the Scotiabank Giller Prize last week, publisher Gaspereau Press maintained that it wouldn't trump production values for expediency. But the tiny Nova Scotia press has found a compromise in ... Read More »

November 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Canadians make strong showing on IMPAC Dublin longlist

By Stuart Woods

The longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been announced, and among the 162 titles “ chosen by librarians from 43 countries around the world “ is a healthy selection of Canadian-authored works. ... Read More »

November 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Gaspereau sells The Sentimentalists to D&M for shipping on Nov. 19

By Scott MacDonald

Early this morning, the Vancouver-based D&M Publishers announced that it had struck a deal with Nova Scotia's Gaspereau Press for trade paperback rights to Johanna Skibsrud's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning The Sentimentalists. From the press release: ... Read More »

November 15, 2010

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Jacob Scheier’s first rule of awards controversies: don’t talk about awards controversies

Daily book biz round-up: Costa Book Award nominees; world’s best bookstores; and more

Mark Twain: dead and kicking

Daily book biz round-up: Obama’s kids book hits shelves; Chelsea Handler gets own imprint; and more

GG winner Allan Casey on Saskatchewan’s vibrant literary scene: “We’re serious about football and books”

Jessica Grant wins Evergreen Award

Diane Warren, Allan Casey win GG awards

D&M unveils The Sentimentalists redesign

Canadians make strong showing on IMPAC Dublin longlist

Gaspereau sells The Sentimentalists to D&M for shipping on Nov. 19

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