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Book links roundup: Transgender children’s books, famous gay writers, and more

The rise of transgender children's literature The National Post explores legendary gay writers who changed America Is reading on a Kindle sacrilege? Author Lawrence Hill and musical group Nathaniel Dett Chorale combine The Book of ... Read More »

February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Two iconic Toronto bookstores hit hard times

By Natalie Samson

Two of Toronto's longstanding independent bookstores will face major changes in 2012. This morning, Sue Houghting, owner of The Book Mark in the city's Kingsway neighbourhood, announced she will close shop after 46 years in ... Read More »

January 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

B.C. ecologist Don Gayton wins Peace Corps Travel Book Award

By Sue Carter

British Columbian ecologist Don Gayton's Okanagan Odyssey: Journeys Through Terrain, Terroir and Culture (Rocky Mountain Books) has won the 2011 Peace Corps Travel Book Award. The prize is presented annually to an author with Peace ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Diversity in YA fiction discussion lights up the Internet

By Sue Carter

A post on Publishers Weekly about an anonymous agent who suggested to YA novelists Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith that they should either make a gay character straight or delete him from the novel ... Read More »

September 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Canadian authors celebrated at the Lambda Awards

By Sue Carter

Four Canadian authors took home awards last night at the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards in New York City. "The Lammies" celebrate the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing for books published the previous ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, 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

Daily book biz round-up: ads in e-books; gay titles vandalized; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Washington Post book critic liked only two fiction titles this year It had to happen: advertisements in e-books ... Read More »

December 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: gay YA; Gaiman YA; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Quiet out there today: Charles Taylor Prize taps original jurors for 10th anniversary Department of unfortunate word choices: "Jewish people don't own the Holocaust" “ Yann Martel The growing popularity of gay-themed YA Neil Gaiman ... Read More »

June 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

By Steven W. Beattie

Egypt is not the only place where authors run afoul of censorship. It also happens with distressing regularity in the so-called Land of the Free to Canada's south. In the latest instance, the New Jersey ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: LGBTQ

Book links roundup: Transgender children’s books, famous gay writers, and more

B.C. ecologist Don Gayton wins Peace Corps Travel Book Award

Diversity in YA fiction discussion lights up the Internet

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

Canadian authors celebrated at the Lambda Awards

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

Daily book biz round-up: ads in e-books; gay titles vandalized; and more

Daily book biz round-up: gay YA; Gaiman YA; and more

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

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