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Brit literary judges gone wild: the Man Booker edition

Although it apparently comes as a surprise to some sensitive souls in this country, British literary types tend to be fairly plain-spoken; no less so when they are sitting on an award jury. Almost two ... Read More »

October 5, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Bookmarks: Margaret Atwood on friendship, Stephen King in Toronto, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Margaret Atwood, who recently reviewed the novel of a close friend, reflects on weighing truth against friendship Introducing the vook, Simon & Schuster's cleverly named hybrid of an e-book ... Read More »

October 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Henighan responds to Rabinovitch responding to Richler responding to Glendinning

By Nathan Whitlock

First Victoria Glendinning, one of this year's Giller judges, weighed in on what she saw as some of the limitations of Canadian literature (too many grants, too many cottage settings, too many "flashbacks to Granny's ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

2018: the year of total digital takeover?

By Alison Potstra

The end is nigh ... In a survey of 840 international industry experts conducted by the Frankfurt Book Fair, nearly half said that by 2018, digital sales will overtake those of conventionally published books. According ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Munro, Coupland get Writers’ Trust nods

By Scott MacDonald

The shortlists for the 2009 Writers' Trust prizes were announced at Ben McNally Books in Toronto this morning. The nominees are: The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize ($25,000): Nicole Brossard, Susanne de LotbiniÃ¨re-Harwood, trans., Fences ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Yann Martel in orbit

By Stuart Woods

It's been a good year for Canadian authors when it comes to outer space. This summer, when astronauts Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk visited the International Space Station, they took with them copies of space-themed books ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Eighty-foot flying furry dragon to help Toronto indie bookstores

By Alison Potstra

Written on the pages is the answer to our neverending story ... With the closing of Pages Bookstore, Ballenford Books, the Danforth location of TYPE Books, and David Mirvish Books, it would seem as though ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling tweets, Dr. Seuss raps, and Charles Dickens fights pirates

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: Douglas Coupland really wants you to name his new Toronto park, and Scott Feschuk wants you to name his dog J.K. Rowling is now on Twitter, The Huffington Post reports, ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Memoirs of a Hockey Mom: or, how Sarah Palin penned a memoir in a real hurry

By Alison Potstra

Just in time for Christmas the upcoming holiday shopping season, one of the most baffling interesting figures in American politics has penned a tell-all memoir, the L.A. Times reports. Ex-governor Sarah Palin's 400-page tome, titled Going Rogue: An ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

By Steven W. Beattie

Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Brit literary judges gone wild: the Man Booker edition

Bookmarks: Margaret Atwood on friendship, Stephen King in Toronto, and more

Henighan responds to Rabinovitch responding to Richler responding to Glendinning

2018: the year of total digital takeover?

Munro, Coupland get Writers’ Trust nods

Yann Martel in orbit

Eighty-foot flying furry dragon to help Toronto indie bookstores

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling tweets, Dr. Seuss raps, and Charles Dickens fights pirates

Memoirs of a Hockey Mom: or, how Sarah Palin penned a memoir in a real hurry

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

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