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School board superintendent not anti-gay … says school board superintendent

Last week, Quillblog pointed to a CBC story about a Charlotte County, New Brunswick school board that rescinded an invitation to openly gay author Alex Sanchez to speak to high school students in their district ... Read More »

October 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Man Booker also-ran Sebastian Barry “entitled to be disappointed” … says Booker juror

By Steven W. Beattie

Horse-trading, you say? Compromise? The acceptable third choice? This would appear to be what adjudicating a major literary prize comes down to. Little more than a month after the Guardian published its exposé covering 40 ... Read More »

October 23, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Prize-winning poet takes issue with prize’s namesake

By Scott MacDonald

Poet Shane Rhodes found himself in an awkward situation last weekend, after his collection The Bindery won the 2008 Lampman-Scott Award, given annually by Arc Poetry Magazine to a book of poetry by an Ottawa ... Read More »

October 22, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

BookNet tracks the Giller sales effect

By Scott MacDonald

BookNet Canada has been tracking the sales of each of the books shortlisted for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and they've determined that, on average, sales of the books have increased by 195% since the ... Read More »

October 22, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling

Le Clezio’s work will appear in The New Yorker for the first time

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Earlier this month, Quillblog copped ignorance to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio's work, since there was only one English title available on Amazon. Apparently, the announcement of Le Clezio the winner of this year's Nobel Prize ... Read More »

October 21, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Cookbooks and thrillers are top-sellers in a crisis crunch

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Reuters is reporting that in the face of a global financial crisis, people are looking to books for answers -- including cookbooks and thrillers. [Borders vice president for adult trade books Kathryn] Popoff said sales ... Read More »

October 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Olympic mascots, a giant atlas and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Vancouver publisher Whitecap Books is set to publish a book about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic mascots, Miga, Quatchi, Sumi, and in-print only sidekick, Muk Muk A limited edition atlas, called EARTH, weighing in at 19 ... Read More »

October 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Legendary U.K. agent Pat Kavanagh dies

By Steven W. Beattie

The Bookseller is reporting that Pat Kavanagh, the British agent and wife of novelist Julian Barnes, has died. Kavanagh represented some heavy hitters in the literary world, including Joanna Trollope, John Irving, and William Trevor ... Read More »

October 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Mafiaboy is repentant … the Mafia, not so much

By Steven W. Beattie

There's a new book out by Michael Calce, aka Mafiaboy, the young internet hacker who caused turmoil eight years ago when he hacked some of the biggest websites around ” including Yahoo, eBay, and CNN ... Read More »

October 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

“Charge or Release” writers don’t delve deep enough

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In today's Independent, Boyd Tonkin writes about "Charge or Release", a campaign of 42 leading British writers who joined the National Council for Civil Liberties earlier this week in opposing British government plans to hold ... Read More »

October 17, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Deals

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School board superintendent not anti-gay … says school board superintendent

Man Booker also-ran Sebastian Barry “entitled to be disappointed” … says Booker juror

Prize-winning poet takes issue with prize’s namesake

BookNet tracks the Giller sales effect

Le Clezio’s work will appear in The New Yorker for the first time

Cookbooks and thrillers are top-sellers in a crisis crunch

Bookmarks: Olympic mascots, a giant atlas and more

Legendary U.K. agent Pat Kavanagh dies

Mafiaboy is repentant … the Mafia, not so much

“Charge or Release” writers don’t delve deep enough

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