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More books on phones

Remember when cell phones were considered to be solely the accoutrements of inveterate workaholics? Well, people with eyes glued to their iPhones “ and other mobile devices “ now have a culturally legitimate excuse, with ... Read More »

February 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Year-end book sales up in 2008, according to BookNet Canada report

By Stuart Woods

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

CTV adapts Spalding’s Who Named the Knife?

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

On Jan. 7, CTV will air Of Murder and Memory, a fictionalized adaptation of Linda Spalding's 2006 true crime memoir Who Named the Knife? Spalding's book centres on the trial of Maryann Acker, who was ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Doing the Harper shuffle

By Steven W. Beattie

Ordinary working people in the arts community who were miffed by the Conservative government's $45-million cuts to a broad array of arts programs may have reason to breathe a bit easier today. Josée Verner, the ... Read More »

October 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Stephen Harper vs. the Gillers

By Stuart Woods

Globe and Mail television critic John Doyle used his column yesterday to go after Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his quip about ordinary Canadians and the excesses of fatcat artists. While the issue is only ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Montgomery’s “suicide” questioned

By Scott MacDonald

Last Saturday, a descendant of Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery revealed, for the first time, that her grandmother committed suicide. In the wake of this revelation, however, Montgomery's biographer is publicly questioning ... Read More »

September 24, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Critics stony towards Angel

By Scott MacDonald

The recent parade of big-budget CanLit film adaptations that began with Emotional Arithmetic and Fugitive Pieces continues this week with the release of The Stone Angel, starring American actress Ellen Burstyn. Not surprisingly, critics are ... Read More »

May 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Dull Canadian books make for dull Canadian movies

By Scott MacDonald

Former Toronto Star book critic Philip Marchand was transferred to the paper's film beat almost five months ago, and based on the preponderance of negative reviews he's written since then, one might assume he's eager ... Read More »

April 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

By Stuart Woods

With all the hoopla surrounding the launch of the Kindle, Amazon's portable e-book reader, it's easy to forget that for some authors the digital revolution has already happened. First among them would be science-fiction author ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: CES

More books on phones

Year-end book sales up in 2008, according to BookNet Canada report

CTV adapts Spalding’s Who Named the Knife?

Doing the Harper shuffle

Stephen Harper vs. the Gillers

Montgomery’s “suicide” questioned

Critics stony towards Angel

Dull Canadian books make for dull Canadian movies

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

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