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Fearing the death of print? Dave Eggers will cheer you up!

If you're in the publishing industry, surely you've had nightmares about the death of print. Dave Eggers, author and editor of McSweeney's, wants to calm your troubled mind and has promised to do so by ... Read More »

May 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Books and buildings

By Suzanne Gardner

The City of Toronto's Lit City initiative comes to a close this weekend, culminating with the 10th annual Doors Open Toronto city-wide open house, featuring close to 175 sites of architectural, historical, cultural, or social ... Read More »

May 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Can a commercial printer invoke religion in order to refuse services?

By Suzanne Gardner

A blog post on Torontoist yesterday looked at Toronto printer Harmony Printing, and its refusal to produce author Adam Bourret's autobiographical graphic novel I'm Crazy, a story that deals with "histories, secrets, obsessive compulsive disorder, ... Read More »

May 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Anne Giardini is the boss

By Nathan Whitlock

Though novelists who are also doctors (Chekhov, Maugham, Vincent Lam) get the most attention, there have been a few creative writers who have occupied lofty positions in the business world, too. Criminally underrated novelist Henry ... Read More »

May 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

The gospel according to Dan Brown

By Nathan Whitlock

New York Times columnist Ross Douhat (who does not look at all like David Brent ... well, maybe just a little) believes that Dan Brown's novels are successful not just because the books are cheesy ... Read More »

May 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book culture, Opinion

Print-on-demand titles outnumbered traditional books in 2008

By Suzanne Gardner

Publishers Weekly is reporting that U.S. book production both rose and fell in 2008, according to statistics just released from Bowker's Books in Print database. While the number of new and revised titles released by ... Read More »

May 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Oddest book titles, evocriticism, and more

By Suzanne Gardner

A few links from around the Web to ease you back into work after the long weekend: As Britain's Diagram Prize launches its search for the oddest book title of the last 30 years, the ... Read More »

May 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Edna Staebler Award

By Scott MacDonald

Author Bruce Serafin, who died in 2007, was the winner of the 2008 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction for his essay collection Stardust (New Star Books). The award “ and a $10,000 cheque “ ... Read More »

May 15, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Are litmags facing more funding cuts?

By Stuart Woods

Canada's beleaguered literary magazines, which could see significant funding cuts as early as April 2010, could be faced with further cuts as a result of an ongoing strategic review of the Canada Council for the ... Read More »

May 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Meet Soft Skull Press’ new editorial director, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: "I'm just an old school punk rock girl with a love of smart thinking, good writing, and culture both highbrow and gutter low," says Denise Oswald, the new editorial ... Read More »

May 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Fearing the death of print? Dave Eggers will cheer you up!

Books and buildings

Can a commercial printer invoke religion in order to refuse services?

Anne Giardini is the boss

The gospel according to Dan Brown

Print-on-demand titles outnumbered traditional books in 2008

Bookmarks: Oddest book titles, evocriticism, and more

Event photos: Edna Staebler Award

Are litmags facing more funding cuts?

Bookmarks: Meet Soft Skull Press’ new editorial director, and more

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