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Key Porter in crisis

Yesterday afternoon, the staff of Key Porter Books were informed that the company would be drastically downscaling. According to a report in the National Post, 15 staffers were laid off, and a smaller, unspecified number ... Read More »

September 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Cough up some dough, Campbell!

By Scott MacDonald

D.C. Reid, a past president of both the Federation of B.C. Writers and the League of Canadian Poets, has taken B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell “ and, by extension, the province's librarians and publishers “ to ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Borders pop-up stores; Kobo goes wireless; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Borders comes up with terrifying new strategy: seasonal pop-up stores Kobo finally introduces wireless e-reader Annabel Lyon names ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Both Winters make Writers’ Trust shortlist

By Scott MacDonald

The Writers' Trust shortlists were announced at Toronto's Ben McNally Books this morning, and journalists everywhere have a great hook in that brother and sister team Michael and Kathleen Winter were both among the nominees ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Amazon finds a new way to promote Kindle titles

By Alina Seagal

This Tuesday, Amazon unveiled a Beta test of its new Kindle for the Web, an application allowing users to read and embed the first chapters of selected Kindle titles online. Accessible from Amazon's individual book ... Read More »

September 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Who will make the Journey Prize shortlist?

By Alina Seagal

Three Journey Prize finalists, chosen from a longlist of a dozen short stories collected in The Journey Prize Stories 22, will be announced on Wednesday by judges Pasha Malla, Joan Thomas, and Alissa York. Recognizing ... Read More »

September 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photo: Gary Taxali’s This is Silly! at the AGO

By Nathan Whitlock

Noted artist and illustrator Gary Taxali launched his first picture book, This is Silly! (Scholastic Canada), at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario on Sept. 22. The crowd, a crush of well-wishers, book people, artistes, and ... Read More »

September 28, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Daily book biz round-up: Larsson would’ve made bad celebrity; Kobo featured on new BlackBerry tablet; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Stieg Larsson wouldn't have taken well to celebrity, says friend Kobo featured on new BlackBerry PlayBook But ... Read More »

September 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Sunburst winners revealed

By Scott MacDonald

Author A.M. Dellamonica has beaten out Cory Doctorow, Robert Charles Wilson, and several other name authors to win the 2010 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. The award jurors named Dellamonica's Indigo Springs ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Pentagon celebrates Banned Books Week by destroying spy memoir

By Stuart Woods

Just in time for Banned Books Week comes news that the Pentagon has overseen the destruction of a book deemed to contain classified information about the war in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, The Washington Post ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Key Porter in crisis

Cough up some dough, Campbell!

Daily book biz round-up: Borders pop-up stores; Kobo goes wireless; and more

Both Winters make Writers’ Trust shortlist

Amazon finds a new way to promote Kindle titles

Who will make the Journey Prize shortlist?

Event photo: Gary Taxali’s This is Silly! at the AGO

Daily book biz round-up: Larsson would’ve made bad celebrity; Kobo featured on new BlackBerry tablet; and more

Sunburst winners revealed

Pentagon celebrates Banned Books Week by destroying spy memoir

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