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Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

Some book-related links: The art of the bookstore pickup (MSN.com) Ex-library director gets 10 days for stealing chairs (Cantonrep.com) Tinfoil helmet time: Chretien repeatedly ambushed by 9/11 "truthers" at book events (Canada Wants 9/11 Truth) ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Events

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops deep-sixes positive review of The Golden Compass…. sort of

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Baltimore Sun: Days after its publication, a largely positive review of the film version of The Golden Compass that appeared in Catholic newspapers across the country was retracted this week by the United ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Wonder Woman turns 66

By Stuart Woods

A couple of literary-themed birthdays are being reported in the media this week. Reuters has picked up on Wonder Woman's 66th birthday “ not much of a milestone, admittedly, but 2007 is, incredibly, the first ... Read More »

December 11, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Beds may be burning, but books are booming Down Under

By Stuart Woods

One of the first official commitments by the new Australian Labor government, which defeated John Howard's Liberal Party in late November, was the installment of a new literary award “ the country's richest “ dubbed ... Read More »

December 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Nixon biographer gets 6 to 8 6 1/2 years for fraud

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Globe and Mail: Conrad Black will be sentenced to between 6.5 and 8.1 years in prison, the judge presiding over the case said Monday. Judge Amy St. Eve said she is considering a ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Stop reading this blog, says Doris Lessing

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Guardian: The inanities of the internet have seduced a generation, and we live in a fragmenting culture where people read nothing and know nothing of the world, the new Nobel laureate novelist Doris ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Opinion

Bookmarks – Paddington the Bear in jail, comic books in Kandahar, bibles in China, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Paddington the Bear arrested on immigration charges on 50th anniversary (CBC.ca) Comic books handed out in Kandahar to teach kids about human rights (The Canadian Press) Speaking of human rights, China to ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Indigo’s Love of Reading: The Motion Picture

By Scott MacDonald

Many of you faithful industry watchers have probably already heard tell of the short documentary that Indigo CEO Heather Reisman commissioned earlier this year about the "crisis" in school libraries. It's called Writing on the ... Read More »

December 7, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Great moments in disappointment

By Scott MacDonald

The Literary Review of Canada has asked several of their contributors “ including Marian Botsford Fraser, Rex Murphy, Janice Gross Stein, and Andrew Potter “ to weigh-in on the "great" books they were most let ... Read More »

December 7, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

By Nathan Whitlock

Maybe, according to the New York Post: Karl Rove, the controversial and long-time senior adviser to President George W. Bush, is shopping a memoir in an auction that will kick off today and likely result ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops deep-sixes positive review of The Golden Compass…. sort of

Wonder Woman turns 66

Beds may be burning, but books are booming Down Under

Nixon biographer gets 6 to 8 6 1/2 years for fraud

Stop reading this blog, says Doris Lessing

Bookmarks – Paddington the Bear in jail, comic books in Kandahar, bibles in China, and more

Indigo’s Love of Reading: The Motion Picture

Great moments in disappointment

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

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