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Bookmarks: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

Some book-related links: Orwell, the blogger (Time) Hugo Awards awarded “ Chabon wins the big one (The Hugo Awards) China's publishing industry shuts down during Olympics (The New York Times) A pair of Canadians (including ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Stephen King, book trailer judge

By Sara Forsyth

Dorchester Publishing and Circle of Seven productions are joining forces to create a contest for book-loving amateur filmmakers. Participants will create a book trailer for their favorite novel in Dorchester's imprint, SHOMI, a genre-blending, speculative ... Read More »

July 22, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Loading the canon

By Nathan Whitlock

There is nothing “ aside from the sight of paint drying, perhaps “ quite like the creation of fantasy CanLit canons. On Canada Day, The Globe and Mail had a number of people “ mostly ... Read More »

July 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

New cover for Sean Dixon title

By Scott MacDonald

Last year, Canadian author Sean Dixon sold U.K. rights to his The Girls Who Saw Everything to HarperCollins U.K., which re-titled the book The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal. The book has just been ... Read More »

June 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: The Golden Compass stays on one shelf, Alice Walker goes to Emory, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The Golden Compass not pulled from library reading contest after complaint (The Sudbury Star) Alice Walker's papers go to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (The Associated Press) A lot of nerds “ ... Read More »

December 19, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Giller speculation

By Stuart Woods

It's safe to say that last year's Giller Prize-winner, Vincent Lam's Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, caught some pundits off-guard. (Ahem.) This year, the peanut gallery has kept curiously mum on who will take home the ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

Family Literacy Day

By Alison Jones

This Saturday, Jan. 27 is Family Literacy Day, a national event created by ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation in 1999 to promote the importance of families reading together. According to the official website, the program celebrates ... Read More »

January 24, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Looking for lovable losers

By Alison Jones

When trying to get published, many writers become familiar with the old adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” But if that doesn’t work, maybe they should try The Rejected Fiction Writing ... Read More »

January 19, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Book-Writing Idol II: Electric Boogaloo

By Leigh Anne Williams

Remember that Lit Idol contest in the U.K. back in 2004? Unpublished novelists submitted their work for a chance to win representation from a British power agent, and a Canadian, Paul Cavanagh, beat out everyone. ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian author on Jeopardy!

By Nathan Whitlock

Please note, that's on Jeopardy! not in jeopardy. (Newfoundland author Michael Winter's recent fall into an incinerator is enough death-defying danger for one week's headlines.) YA author Gillian Chan's appearance on the popular game show ... Read More »

October 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: contest

Bookmarks: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

Stephen King, book trailer judge

Loading the canon

New cover for Sean Dixon title

Bookmarks: The Golden Compass stays on one shelf, Alice Walker goes to Emory, and more

Giller speculation

Family Literacy Day

Looking for lovable losers

Book-Writing Idol II: Electric Boogaloo

Canadian author on Jeopardy!

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