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Dundurn awarded $10,000 Wilson Prize

Dundurn Press has been awarded the inaugural Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History, a $10,000 prize given out by the Wilson Institute at McMaster University. According to the press release, the winning publisher "has full ... Read More »

October 14, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Kitchener author wins Edna Staebler Award

By Scott MacDonald

Author John Leigh Walters of Kitchener, Ontario, has been awarded the 2010 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for his debut work, A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri (Athabasca University Press). The ... Read More »

October 14, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Daily book biz round-up: Booker judges had to request winner; U.K.’s PLR abolished; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Shocker! Neither Room nor The Finkler Question submitted for Booker consideration Revealed: unpublished Dr. Seuss manuscript Steinbeck estate to remain with third wife; author's son shut out Amazon releases new iPhone app ... Read More »

October 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Amazon, Indigo compete for lowest shipping charges

By Scott MacDonald

Yesterday, Amazon.ca announced that it was immediately lowering its Super Saver Shipping threshold “ the amount customers have to spend to receive free shipping “ from $39 to $25. With the Holidays fast approaching, we ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Slam poetry gains popularity

By Alina Seagal

The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word is preoccupying Ottawa. According to the CBC, the seventh annual event involves more than 100 participants, the largest gathering of Canadian spoken-word poets to date: The first festival, also ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Al Purdy’s education

By Alina Seagal

On Tuesday, while reporting on the fate of Al Purdy's cottage, Q&Q contacted the famous poet's old school, Trenton High School in Trenton, Ontario. According to physics teacher Eric Lorenzen, who recently dug out microfilm ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto Star adopts New York Times books coverage

By Stuart Woods

This Sunday, the Toronto Star will begin carrying content from The New York Times' Sunday book review section. The section will be a 12-page tabloid that Star spokesperson Bob Hepburn describes as an "abridged version" ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: NBA snubs Franzen; Rick Springfield “creepy”; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Franzen not on National Book Award shortlist Critics weigh in (again) on Howard Jacobson after Booker win Rescued Chilean miners to get their own book Rick Springfield revealed as "creepy" in new ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Donoghue, Winter make GG list

By Scott MacDonald

Like Annabel Lyon last year, Kathleen Winter has become the only author to achieve the 2010 awards trifecta, with nods for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and now the Governor General's ... Read More »

October 13, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Thrice-nominated Howard Jacobson takes the Booker

By Stuart Woods

The surprise winner of this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is British author Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury), a comic novel exploring Jewish identity. Jacobson, a London-based journalist and author of Kalooki ... Read More »

October 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Dundurn awarded $10,000 Wilson Prize

Kitchener author wins Edna Staebler Award

Daily book biz round-up: Booker judges had to request winner; U.K.’s PLR abolished; and more

Amazon, Indigo compete for lowest shipping charges

Slam poetry gains popularity

Al Purdy’s education

Toronto Star adopts New York Times books coverage

Daily book biz round-up: NBA snubs Franzen; Rick Springfield “creepy”; and more

Donoghue, Winter make GG list

Thrice-nominated Howard Jacobson takes the Booker

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