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Bookmarks: National Book Awards

Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »

November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Banned books

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, and their website features lists of frequently challenged books covering various eras on their website. Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale is 37th on the ALA's list of the ... Read More »

September 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Dying is easy, launching a small press is hard

By Stuart Woods

Editor and author John Warner has a lengthy post on Maud Newton's blog about the non-success of his fledgling publishing enterprise, TOW Books, a humour imprint that was supposed to make him the Judd Apatow ... Read More »

September 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Opinion

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Winnipeg women's group sends more than 5,000 books to Nunavut (Winnipeg Free Press) Is sci-fi too nostalgic? (i09.com) Robotic librarian wreaks havoc dispenses books in rural California (The Sacramento Bee) Library patron ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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

By Nathan Whitlock

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

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Stolen Shakespeare folio recovered in U.S. (Dallas Morning News) The battle over Brideshead Revisited (Times Online) David Sedaris in Ottawa (The Ottawa Citizen) Latest round in the Seinfeld cookbook fight (The New ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Bookmarks: dirty books, disposable books, and Welsh books

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Indiana bookstore won't have to register to sell dirty books (Courier-Journal) Speaking of which, shy and retiring Gene Simmons to launch new book on prostitution (Blabbermouth.net) New Halifax library should go big ... Read More »

July 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Amazon sued, writers stewed, library employee accused

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Maine owner of POD company sues Amazon (Bangor News) Writers and booze “ like peanut butter and jam? (Amherst Bulletin) Library employee accused of embezzling (Chicago Tribune) Methodist ministers attempt to block ... Read More »

May 26, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Tales of two bookstores

By Scott MacDonald

Independent bookstores seem to be getting a lot of lovin' from the media this week, with two different stores receiving full-on profile treatment. First up is Halifax's Frog Hollow Books, profiled in The Globe and ... Read More »

May 2, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookmarks: learning to read at the Bush Library, borrowing people instead of books, and picking the right beer for the book

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Bush Library to be base for literacy and education, says Laura Bush* (The Dallas Morning News) A library where you can borrow people instead of books (InfoSpeak.org) We've picked the right wine ... Read More »

April 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: library

Bookmarks: National Book Awards

Banned books

Dying is easy, launching a small press is hard

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

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

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

Bookmarks: dirty books, disposable books, and Welsh books

Bookmarks: Amazon sued, writers stewed, library employee accused

Tales of two bookstores

Bookmarks: learning to read at the Bush Library, borrowing people instead of books, and picking the right beer for the book

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