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Daily book biz round-up: Winterset Award doubles; Dave Bidini dances; and more

Today's book news: Amazon to let users loan Kindle books Winterset Award pot to double to $10,000 Anis Shivani compares creative writing programs to medieval guild systems Dave Bidini catches "dancing writer's fatigue" at Calgary ... Read More »

October 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: McPherson & Co. confused; Amazon barcode app criticized; and more

By Alina Seagal

Today's book news: Portland bookstore's 17-foot Mockingjay display scores a visit from Suzanne Collins Amazon's new barcode scanner app revisited The Miami Herald requests a poem to celebrate basketball star LeBron James National Book Award ... Read More »

October 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Michael Kenyon, Stuart Ross, and Gillian Jerome take home ReLit Awards

By Stuart Woods

The ReLit Awards, Canada's prize for small press“published literature, were handed out last night at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. The winning authors are: Michael Kenyon, for his novel The Beautiful Children (Thistledown Press); Stuart ... Read More »

October 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Random House lands globe-spanning deal for Salman Rushdie memoir

By Stuart Woods

In a massive deal arranged by formerly blacklisted agent Andrew "The Jackal" Wylie, Random House has acquired a new memoir by Salman Rushdie for publication in each of its global territories. The memoir, which touches ... Read More »

October 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Syjuco disappointed; no bullying at VQR; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Miguel Syjuco disappointed by awards shut-out No bullying at Virginia Quarterly Review, says University of Virginia Virginia textbook author slammed for whitewashing black history Author Jon Meacham named executive v-p of Random ... Read More »

October 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Gordon Pinsent reads Bieber memoir

By Scott MacDonald

From This ... Read More »

October 20, 2010

Way to Display! The Anthology of Rap at Type Books

By Nathan Whitlock

You know what time it is: this week's edition of Way to Display! is all about the hip hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop, you don't stop, etc. The Queen Street ... Read More »

October 20, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Daily book biz round-up: Starbucks books; Ian Tyson cashes in; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Starbucks teams with iBookstore for new Wi-Fi digital network Ian Tyson says he wrote new memoir solely "for the money" College students still love expensive, back-breaking textbooks, says NY Times Is there ... Read More »

October 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Used copies of The Sentimentalists from $189.74

By Alina Seagal

On Monday, Q&Q reported on the retail shortages of several Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlisted titles. As it turns out, indie bookshops aren't the only ones missing copies of Johanna Skibsrud's The Sentimentalists (Gaspereau Press). The ... Read More »

October 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

By Alina Seagal

John le Carré, known for spy thrillers such as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, turned 79 this Tuesday. According to MobyLives: He's since gone on to write some of the finest thrillers ... Read More »

October 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Daily book biz round-up: Winterset Award doubles; Dave Bidini dances; and more

Daily book biz round-up: McPherson & Co. confused; Amazon barcode app criticized; and more

Michael Kenyon, Stuart Ross, and Gillian Jerome take home ReLit Awards

Random House lands globe-spanning deal for Salman Rushdie memoir

Daily book biz round-up: Syjuco disappointed; no bullying at VQR; and more

Gordon Pinsent reads Bieber memoir

Way to Display! The Anthology of Rap at Type Books

Daily book biz round-up: Starbucks books; Ian Tyson cashes in; and more

Used copies of The Sentimentalists from $189.74

Happy birthday, John le CarrÃ©

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