It was supposed to be a new library for a new millennium, but within 24 hours of the launch of Europeana, an EU initiative to store millions of documents in a searchable online repository, the ... Read More »
The Canadian Press is reporting that Canadian sales of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series have begun to outstrip Harry Potter. The news comes via Indigo, which reported this week that sales of the Twilight series have ... Read More »
November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling
Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »
November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
Since 1993, A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario, has given Drummer General's Awards to books that have been passed over for Canada's most esteemed literary honours, like the Governor General's Awards and the Scotiabank Giller ... Read More »
November 18, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
Patrick Ness's first book for children, The Knife of Never Letting Go, wins the Booktrust teenage prize Stephenie Meyer's Twilight causes a tourism boom in Forks, Washington Is Obama Book Club the newest craze? A mother sues ... Read More »
November 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
Further to the previous post, it appears that the Simpsons are hard at work defending the English language, not just by getting new words inserted into the dictionary, but by highlighting words that have been ... Read More »
November 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Apparently the English lexicon in the early 21st century owes a hefty debt to The Simpsons. In 2001, the Oxford English Dictionary legitimized the term "d'oh," Homer's iconic expression of frustration, by including it within ... Read More »
November 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Hanged for treason in 1885 as a result of his part in the Northwest Rebellions, Louis Riel has seen an uptick in his reputation in the last 40 years or so. But it's unlikely that ... Read More »
November 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
The winner of the second annual Man Asian Literary Prize has a Canadian connection “ the 31-year-old Filipino author lives in Montreal, where he works as a copy-editor at The Gazette. Miguel Syjuco, who received ... Read More »
November 14, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
While attendees of the swank Scotiabank Giller Prize gala sweated it out under hot TV lights, a smaller gathering convened across town for the Scotiabank Giller Light Bash, a fundraiser for Frontier College, which was ... Read More »
November 14, 2008 | Filed under: Events
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