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Gaiman to headline Luminato literary programming

The Toronto-based Luminato arts festival has announced its 2009 lineup, and fanboys the city over will be pleased to know that the theme for the literary programming is "fantasy, horror, and Gothic." They'll likely be ... Read More »

March 18, 2009 | Filed under: Events

More books on phones

By Stuart Woods

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

Bookmarks: inauguration edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Taken from Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses, test your knowledge of the final words of former presidents' inaugural speeches (Jacket Copy) Barack Obama will take the oath of office on ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Bookmarks: Giller madness, remembering the fallen, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize will be awarded tonight in Toronto. Who will win, and why? A rundown of the literary award (The Globe and Mail) Other awards can learn from the Gillers (The Vancouver ... Read More »

November 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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

L.M. Montgomery’s sad end

By Steven W. Beattie

For the second week in a row, the weekend brings news about the suicide of a well-known writer. Arguably as startling as the news last week that David Foster Wallace hanged himself at the young ... Read More »

September 22, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Lytton’s had enough!

By Sara Forsyth

The winner of the 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the worst opening line of an imaginary novel was announced last week (the winner wrote something about passion in a New York City taxi). However, ... Read More »

August 19, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Opinion

Bookmarks: Solzhenitsyn, Kafka, Rushdie, Meyer, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Russians conflicted over Solzhenitsyn's legacy (The New York Times) Apparently, Kafka liked the hot stuff (Times Online) Salman Rushdie threatens to sue over bodyguard's memoir (CNN.com) Stephenie Meyer's newest breaks sales records ... Read More »

August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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