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Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

Despite healthy sales and an endorsement from Oprah in the U.S., Amazon's Kindle reading device may run afoul of Norway's consumer regulations should the online bookselling giant decide to release the device there in its ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

(Some) Alberta writers ineligible for Alberta award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Alberta Readers' Choice Award, a new prize jointly sponsored by the Edmonton Public Library and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, is worth a cool $10,000 for the winner. But there's a catch: Alberta-based ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Michael Turner massages the medium

By Alison Potstra

In an interview this morning with Brian Joseph Davis at The Globe and Mail's In Other Words blog, innovative author Michael Turner offers a fresh, if not slightly perplexing, perspective on a writer's relationship with ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Denise Chong, Theo Fleury, and the ReLit winners

By Nathan Whitlock

Here are some pics from recent book events: Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International, interviews Denise Chong about her book Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Ang Lee to adapt Life of Pi

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Bookseller, Yann Martel's crazy popular Man Booker-winning Life of Pi is finally going before the cameras, courtesy of Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee. Filmmakers such as M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Scholastic [U.S.] tries to censor kids’ book with same-sex couple characters [UPDATED]

By Nathan Whitlock

Publishers are often called upon to defend their books against people and organizations (parents, school boards, governments, self-appointed morality squads, etc.) who attempt to ban or suppress them. In the case of a new tween ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Generic Wizard Nights, a feline Humbert Humbert, and more

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2010 Forest of Reading Program. Votes can be cast for your favourite authors at the OLA's website. Participants have ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

IFOA news: Geoffrey Taylor to receive honorary degree, Urquhart to read Munro

By Alison Potstra

Geoffrey Taylor, director of Harbourfront's Reading Series, is to receive an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Taylor, who has been with ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Events

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

By Alison Potstra

Globe and Mail columnist Leah McLaren is the latest public figure to opine on the state of Can Lit. Prompted by this year's awards season, McLaren takes the discussion one step further (or, perhaps backward) by ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Libraries

Stephen King’s new face of evil: predatory pricing: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

When you're an author of Stephen King's stature, you can afford to be direct. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly (where the mega-selling author is also a regular columnist), King had a message for retailers who are ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

(Some) Alberta writers ineligible for Alberta award

Michael Turner massages the medium

Event photos: Denise Chong, Theo Fleury, and the ReLit winners

Ang Lee to adapt Life of Pi

Scholastic [U.S.] tries to censor kids’ book with same-sex couple characters [UPDATED]

Bookmarks: Generic Wizard Nights, a feline Humbert Humbert, and more

IFOA news: Geoffrey Taylor to receive honorary degree, Urquhart to read Munro

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

Stephen King’s new face of evil: predatory pricing: UPDATED

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