Search Results by tag: LGBTQ

Riverdale reaches for the rainbow

The Internet is buzzing with the news that on Sept. 1, Archie Comics' Veronica will introduce the series' first openly gay character: a blond-haired, blue-eyed knockout named Kevin Keller. The initial storyline, titled Isn't it ... Read More »

April 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Lambda Literary Awards finalists include Canadian authors

By Laura Godfrey

This morning, the finalists for the LGBT-focused Lambda Literary Awards “ or the Lammys “ were announced. A total of 462 books were nominated (about 10% more than last year), and 112 finalists have been ... Read More »

March 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Conservative U.S. media watchers oppose Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s Skim

By Laura Godfrey

With the announcement of the American Library Association's 2010 Youth Media Awards coming up on Jan. 18, conservative media website Newsbusters fears that the list will promote morally unsuitable books. The website, which calls itself ... Read More »

January 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

By Steven W. Beattie

Harlequin Enterprises, best known as a publisher of romance novels in the traditional "dead tree" format, has just launched an online publishing house, Carina Press. According to the Carina home page, the new venture will ... Read More »

November 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Can a commercial printer invoke religion in order to refuse services?

By Suzanne Gardner

A blog post on Torontoist yesterday looked at Toronto printer Harmony Printing, and its refusal to produce author Adam Bourret's autobiographical graphic novel I'm Crazy, a story that deals with "histories, secrets, obsessive compulsive disorder, ... Read More »

May 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Atwood spurns Dubai

By Scott MacDonald

After agreeing to attend the Dubai-based Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature, Margaret Atwood has opted to stay home instead. Not only that, she won't even be attending by LongPen. Seems she's decided to make ... Read More »

February 18, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Canadian kids’ authors on long longlist for rich Swedish prize

By Stuart Woods

Two Canadian storytellers and one Nova Scotia literacy group are in the running for the world's richest children's literary prize. Ottawa kids' novelist Brian Doyle, Quebec author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay, and Read to Me!, ... Read More »

September 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Bookmarks: Atwood has a new novel, so do Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Because it's been, what, almost four months since her last book, Atwood has a new novel coming (CBC.ca) Martin Amis has a new one, too “ guess what it's about.... (The Observer) ... Read More »

January 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Toronto's new gay lit fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

A new Toronto literary fest focused on gay and lesbian literature kicks off this Sunday. Writing Outside the Margins, organized by Xtra magazine, features a day-long lineup of readings by various authors, including Nalo Hopkinson, ... Read More »

August 24, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Gay book yanked from high-school reading list

By Cassandra Drudi

The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported today on the removal of a gay-themed book from a Webster, N.Y. high-school summer reading list and the author's subsequent accusation that the Webster Central School District officials are ... Read More »

August 29, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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