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Martel, Boyden make cut for CBC Canada Reads

This morning, CBC Canada Reads host Jian Ghomeshi announced results of the second round of public voting, which saw a list of 40 titles reduced to a mere 10. At the risk of sounding biased, ... Read More »

November 9, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Daily book biz round-up: Illingworth on Giller coverage; new Penguin imprint; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: The Literary Press Group's Jack Illingworth chastises the media over Giller coverage PW names the best books of 2010 Ousted Simon & Schuster publisher to head up new Penguin imprint Activists to ... Read More »

November 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Event photos: Firefly Books at the Hockey Hall of Fame

By Stuart Woods

On Friday, Toronto's Hockey Hall of Fame unveiled its new Spirit of Hockey retail store, part of a $3.5-million expansion of the museum's storefront and exhibition space. The occasion coincided with the launch of a ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New literary festival launches pan-Caribbean prize

By Stuart Woods

Authors of Caribbean descent, and fans of world literature, take note: there is a new literary festival taking place next year in Trinidad and Tobago that will celebrate writing from the region. The centrepiece of ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Sylvia Plath inducted into American Poets’ Corner

By Steven W. Beattie

"This is the light of the mind / Cold and planetary." Those lines, from Sylvia Plath's poem "The Moon and the Yew Tree," testify to the heartbreaking isolation and loneliness the American poet seemed to ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

George W. Bush remains unrepentant in memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Although the book does not land on store shelves until tomorrow, details have already started to leak out about Decision Points, George W. Bush's new memoir, largely as a result of media sources that received ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: news kids’ e-reader; Richler controversy; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: New e-reader for children's picture books: the Fable Chinese company to debut colour E Ink screen Kate Taylor's Canadian Publishing 101 Random House U.S. looks to sublet up to 40% of its ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: say yes to NaNoWriMo; Tea Partiers write kids’ book; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Jacket Copy rebuts Laura Miller's screed against NaNoWriMo Tea Partiers write kids' book about Obama stealing Christmas Neil Gaiman on Stephen King Video: Four years ago: man drives a car while reading ... Read More »

November 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Amazon’s best books of 2010; Bush memoir bores; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Amazon announces the best books of 2010 Despite tantalizing embargo, Bush memoir yields little of interest Mordecai Richler's widow takes in film adaptation of Barney's Version Sales down at Harlequin Stop the ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Soft Skull collapses; say no to NaNoWriMo; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: A look at the collapse of Soft Skull Press Ian Fleming estate to publish James Bond e-books without Penguin A review of the first 100 pages of Adam Levin's 1,000+ page The ... Read More »

November 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

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Martel, Boyden make cut for CBC Canada Reads

Daily book biz round-up: Illingworth on Giller coverage; new Penguin imprint; and more

Event photos: Firefly Books at the Hockey Hall of Fame

New literary festival launches pan-Caribbean prize

Sylvia Plath inducted into American Poets’ Corner

George W. Bush remains unrepentant in memoir

Daily book biz round-up: news kids’ e-reader; Richler controversy; and more

Daily book biz round-up: say yes to NaNoWriMo; Tea Partiers write kids’ book; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Amazon’s best books of 2010; Bush memoir bores; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Soft Skull collapses; say no to NaNoWriMo; and more

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