Authors Mary Swan and Anne Simpson dropped in for a read-and-greet at A Different Drummer Books in ... Read More »
April 17, 2008 | Filed under: Events
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Ian McEwan, Khaled Hosseini, and J.K. Rowling were all honoured at the Galaxy British Book Awards last night, but much of the subsequent media coverage has focused on a brief moment after the awards, when ... Read More »
Here are some photos from recent book events: Montreal author Ibi Kaslik launched her rock-themed second novel, The Angel Riots (Penguin Canada), at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on April 1. The event was presented ... Read More »
April 10, 2008 | Filed under: Events
April Q&Q cover boy and recent Canada Reads champ Paul Quarrington launched his new novel, The Ravine (Random House Canada), at an event hosted by Pages Books & Magazines and This Is Not A Reading ... Read More »
March 25, 2008 | Filed under: Events
Children's author Kathy Kacer recently spoke at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Toronto about her Silver Birch Award-winning book Hiding Edith and the just-released The Diary of Laura's Twin, both published by Second Story Press ... Read More »
March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Events
Jamie Kennedy's restaurant at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto played host to an eco-lit lunch this week. Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, talked about the importance of responsible preparation, ... Read More »
March 6, 2008 | Filed under: Events
The Salon du Livre, an international book fair in Paris, is being boycotted by a coalition of Islamic nations unhappy with the decision to award the 'Pavilion of Honour' to Israeli writers. From The Guardian: ... Read More »
A British architecture firm, Levitate Architects, has come up with a novel way for apartment-dwellers to accommodate their too-large book collections. In a genius stroke, they have created a combo bookshelf/staircase, which you can see ... Read More »
February 22, 2008 | Filed under: Events
Penguin Canada held a "100 Years of Anne" launch party at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum on a snowy Tuesday, February 12, evening. (All photos by Jason Nolan.) Penguin editor Helen Reeves tells about when she ... Read More »
February 15, 2008 | Filed under: Events
It was a miserably snowy afternoon for a press conference in Toronto yesterday, but Luminato CEO Janice Price soldiered ahead anyway, making a formal announcement of the festival's 2008 literary line-up in front of a ... Read More »
February 13, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news
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