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Douglas Coupland reminisces about writing Generation X

This month, acclaimed author and zeitgeist-hound Douglas Coupland publishes his 11th novel, Generation A. In advance of the occasion, he took the opportunity in yesterday's Guardian to jump into the Wayback Machine and talk about ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

It’s witchcraft! Bush White House said no to J.K. Rowling

By Nathan Whitlock

ThinkProgress has been excerpting juicy bits from Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, a memoir by former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer. The most recent concerns the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which, though always political ... Read More »

September 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Robert “Jackpot” Sawyer on tonight’s FlashForward premiere

By Stuart Woods

It's been a decade in the making, but tonight will see the premiere of the new ABC television series FlashForward, based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer. The show, which is being billed as ... Read More »

September 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Joan Thomas takes Amazon first novel award

By Stuart Woods

The winner of this year's Amazon First Novel Award is Winnipeg author Joan Thomas, who won for Reading by Lightning (Goose Lane Editions). A coming-of-age tale set in rural Manitoba around the time of the ... Read More »

September 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Bird Child takes flight

By Nathan Whitlock

Nan Forler launched her picture book Bird Child (Tundra Books) on Saturday Sept. 19 at the The Great Hall in Conrad Grebel University College in Kitchener-Waterloo. Though the birds in the book (illustrated by Francois ... Read More »

September 23, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Surprise! Kindle sales of Lost Symbol vastly overrated

By Scott MacDonald

Last week, when Amazon trumpeted the news that first-day Kindle sales for Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol were actually higher than print sales, pundits predictably went to town with the usual "death of the book" ... Read More »

September 23, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of Swinging Suicides

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: In honour of Leonard Cohen's 75th birthday yesterday, 1 Heck of a Guy comes up with an incomplete list of Cohen's many nicknames. Quillblog favourites: #22: Master of the ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

By Alison Potstra

In the Sept. 12 edition of the Financial Times, British critic and novelist Victoria Glendinning, who sits on this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize jury (which announced its longlist yesterday), generously shared her thoughts on Canadian literature. Following ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Surprise inclusions, omissions on Giller longlist

By Steven W. Beattie

Margaret Atwood and Anne Michaels were no-brainers for inclusion, but Martha Baillie? Jeanette Lynes? Anyone trying to predict which titles would be blessed by Giller's touch in 2009 could be forgiven for being a tad ... Read More »

September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

2009 ReLit Award Winners Announced

By Alison Potstra

The 2009 ReLit Award winners have been announced. From the press release: Short fiction: Lisa Foad, The Night Is a Mouth (Exile Editions) Poetry: Maurice Mierau, Fear Not (Turnstone Press) Novel: Michael Blouin, Chase & ... Read More »

September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

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Douglas Coupland reminisces about writing Generation X

It’s witchcraft! Bush White House said no to J.K. Rowling

Robert “Jackpot” Sawyer on tonight’s FlashForward premiere

Joan Thomas takes Amazon first novel award

Event photos: Bird Child takes flight

Surprise! Kindle sales of Lost Symbol vastly overrated

Bookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of Swinging Suicides

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

Surprise inclusions, omissions on Giller longlist

2009 ReLit Award Winners Announced

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