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Saving Vladimir Nabokov

A literary ethical dilemma involving the unpublished writings of Vladimir Nabokov is discussed at length by journalist Ron Rosenbaum over at Slate. It seems that Nabokov's sole remaining unpublished work “ a manuscript titled The ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

China is here

By Scott MacDonald

In response to all the recent talk about the 21st-century being the Chinese century, The Guardian has put together a fascinating two-part piece about the Chinese publishing industry. The Chinese literary world is like a ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Victoria, B.C., library workers stage walkout over suspension

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Times Colonist: Unionized workers from the Greater Victoria Public Library were off the job yesterday to protest the suspension of a colleague, said union spokesman Ed Seedhouse. The job action closed all nine ... Read More »

January 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

U.S. publisher relents on eensy-weensy penis in German kids book

By Nathan Whitlock

From EarthTimes.org: A German children's book can be published in the United States after a publisher there dropped its demand for the genitals on a picture of a statue in it be air-brushed out, it ... Read More »

January 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: special library edition

By Nathan Whitlock

Some library-related links: Libraries saved... outside of Chatham, Ontario, anyway (Chatham Daily News) Libraries doing okay... in Toronto, anyway (Toronto Star) Libraries doing better than ever! (Toronto Star) But there's porn in the library! (The ... Read More »

January 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

A fresh start

By Q&Q jobs

New on the Q&Q Job Board: National Sales Representative - Emond Montgomery Publications (Toronto, ON) General Manager - LitDistCo (Toronto, ON) Editorial & Marketing Assistant - James Lorimer & Co. Ltd., Publishers (Toronto, ON) Publicity ... Read More »

January 16, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Photos from the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

By Nathan Whitlock

Last night, the winner of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers was announced. This being the first year the award is sponsored by the RBC Foundation, the ceremony was held, appropriately enough, in ... Read More »

January 16, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

U.S. award honours Christopher Paul Curtis

By Stuart Woods

The Washington Post is reporting that Windsor, Ontario, resident Christopher Paul Curtis has scooped up his third Coretta Scott King Award for Elijah of Buxton, his YA novel about a free-born child in an Ontario ... Read More »

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Ursula K. Le Guin on the “crass stupidity” of corporations

By Stuart Woods

Noted sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin weighs in on what she calls the "alleged decline of reading" in a feature essay in the February issue of Harper's. The article begins with a predictable litany ... Read More »

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

America’s top bachelor: Spider-Man

By Stuart Woods

Spider-Man fans are scratching their heads in disbelief after a plot twist in a recent installment reversed one of the series' longstanding narrative pillars: Peter Parker's 21-year marriage with Mary Jane Watson. According to the ... Read More »

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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