Family Literacy Day isn't officially until next Tuesday, but to help draw attention to the cause, the literacy organization ABC CANADA is boldly attempting to set a new Guinness World Record. Beginning at 2 p.m. ... Read More »
Sundry links from around the Web: n+1, the brainy journal out of New York City, launches a new literary supplement. The Columbia Journalism Review unveils its own books blog. Lev Grossman on the future of ... Read More »
January 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
A small St.Paul, Minnesota-based publisher is hoping to reap big rewards in the wake of Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. Graywolf Press is the publisher of poet Elizabeth Alexander, who wrote and recited the inauguration ... Read More »
January 21, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news
Now that Michael Ignatieff is leader of the Official Opposition, a lot of his earlier priorities have probably fallen by the wayside, but The Globe and Mail is reporting that he has kept his word ... Read More »
January 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Ontario's elementary school libraries “ and the retailers and wholesalers that supply them with books “ can breathe a sigh of relief: a much needed influx of funding, promised by Premier Dalton McGuinty during the ... Read More »
In the Guardian, Naomi Wolf discusses her book, The End of America, and her foray into the world of YouTube to reach the uneducated souls who frequent gas stations and nail salons. The End of ... Read More »
January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors
Australian author Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating the Lese Majeste (a crime or offense against the dignity majesty) law in Thailand. Harry Nicolaides was arrested last August over ... Read More »
January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors
Taken from Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses, test your knowledge of the final words of former presidents' inaugural speeches (Jacket Copy) Barack Obama will take the oath of office on ... Read More »
January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book links
This year marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns's birth, and to mark the occasion, a group of Canadian writers and media luminaries will be taking a dip in frigid Lake Ontario. Margaret ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Events
Despite bad winter weather and an even bleaker economic climate, Canadian book sales were up by 6% in the last three months of 2008, according to a report released today by BookNet Canada. But according ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
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