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U.K. poets band together to protest cuts

It's National Poetry Month here in Canada, an annual initiative by the League of Canadian Poets to bring public attention to poetry. But across the Atlantic, the beginning of April more closely resembles T.S. Eliot's ... Read More »

April 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: turning poetry into e-books, and more

By Sue Carter

Breaking lines: the challenges of translating poetry collections into e-books British children's fantasy and sci-fi author Dianne Wynne Jones has died Muggles can now rent Harry Potter films through Facebook, but still no word of ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto Women’s Bookstore anthology seeks contributors

By Natalie Samson

Hot on the heels of its change in ownership, the Toronto Women's Bookstore is celebrating its 40th anniversary in independent bookselling and feminist activism with an upcoming anthology edited by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk and published by ... Read More »

March 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

By Sue Carter

Random House Canada has acquired a new novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize“winner Linden MacIntyre. Why Men Lie is the third book in MacIntyre's Cape Breton trilogy, following the lives of the Gillis clan. Its main ... Read More »

March 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

By Sue Carter

Kobo today announced it has closed a new round of financing. The amount of the Series C investment has not been disclosed, but in a statement, the Toronto-based e-publishing company says, Indigo Books & Music ... Read More »

March 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

By Sue Carter

Administrators for Australia's bankrupt REDgroup Retail, the company that owns book retail chains Borders, Whitcoulls, and Angus & Roberstson, held their first creditors' meetings on Monday in Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand. Steve Sherman, from ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: March 1

By Sue Carter

Carefully curated indie e-book publisher Ebookling sells 1,000 downloads in two weeks An infographic look at the 40-year history of e-book publishing, starting with the 1971 digitization of the U.S. Declaration of Independence This virtual ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

By Sue Carter

Much of the debate preceding this year's national Freedom to Read Week (Feb. 20-26) has focused on Alabama publisher NewSouth Books' edited version of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. No doubt this sensitive ... Read More »

February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

East Coast author files lawsuit against Warner Bros.

By Natalie Samson

A Nova Scotia sailor and writer is suing Warner Bros. for allegedly plagiarizing his novel, Fandango's Gold, for their 2008 Matthew McConaughey/Kate Hudson vehicle Fool's Gold. In a statement of claim filed in federal court ... Read More »

February 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

By Stuart Woods

The "Great Chinese Canadian Literary Feud" is now underway, according to a Toronto Star story by Bill Schiller. The author at the centre of the supposed controversy is Toronto's Zhang Ling, whose previous novel, Aftershock, ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: CLA

U.K. poets band together to protest cuts

Daily book biz round-up: turning poetry into e-books, and more

Toronto Women’s Bookstore anthology seeks contributors

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

Daily book biz round-up: March 1

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

East Coast author files lawsuit against Warner Bros.

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

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