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Publishing at the polls: federal parties respond to arts and culture questions

The Canadian Conference of the Arts sent leaders of the five federal parties a series of questions pertaining to arts and culture, and have posted the responses on its website. All of the parties responded, ... Read More »

April 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

U.K. poets band together to protest cuts

By Steven W. Beattie

It's National Poetry Month here in Canada, an annual initiative by the League of Canadian Poets to bring public attention to poetry. But across the Atlantic, the beginning of April more closely resembles T.S. Eliot's ... Read More »

April 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Vonnegut, Jr. memorial library opens in Indianapolis

By Steven W. Beattie

When Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died in 2007, American literature lost one of its most idiosyncratic and beloved voices. That voice is now being honoured with a new library in the author's hometown of Indianapolis. The ... Read More »

November 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: U.K. flight ban ends, Amazon sues North Carolina, and more

By Scott MacDonald

Book news bits & bites: U.K. flight ban ends just as London Book Fair comes to close LBF no-shows likely to make up for lost ground at Frankfurt Book Fair London panel examines the digital ... Read More »

April 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Margaret Laurence fails to make “Lost Booker Prize” shortlist

By Scott MacDonald

The six finalists for the Lost Man Booker Prize, which was created to retroactively honour books excluded from Booker contention in 1970, have been announced, and Canada's one potential nominee “ Margaret Laurence's longlisted The ... Read More »

March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Bookmarks: Librarian songs, Apple-themed poetry, and more

By Laura Godfrey

From today's Web, some literary links for your perusal: Galleycat reveals that the book Deep River, by Japanese author Shusaku Endo, will play a role in an upcoming episode of Lost's final season Flavorwire compiles ... Read More »

January 26, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

By Stuart Woods

Writing in the National Post books blog, novelist Ray Robertson says that while Alice Munro may have to forcibly remove her work from Scotiabank Giller Prize consideration, he doesn't even bother with the formality “ ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

By Steven W. Beattie

Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Robert “Jackpot” Sawyer on tonight’s FlashForward premiere

By Stuart Woods

It's been a decade in the making, but tonight will see the premiere of the new ABC television series FlashForward, based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer. The show, which is being billed as ... Read More »

September 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Oprah, Dan Brown, Google, and more “ it’s a big news day in the book biz

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Did Ingram accidentally leak the next Oprah book club pick? (By the way, it's Uwem Akpan's short story collection Say You're One of Them) Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol ... Read More »

September 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Lost

Publishing at the polls: federal parties respond to arts and culture questions

U.K. poets band together to protest cuts

Vonnegut, Jr. memorial library opens in Indianapolis

Daily book biz round-up: U.K. flight ban ends, Amazon sues North Carolina, and more

Margaret Laurence fails to make “Lost Booker Prize” shortlist

Bookmarks: Librarian songs, Apple-themed poetry, and more

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

Robert “Jackpot” Sawyer on tonight’s FlashForward premiere

Bookmarks: Oprah, Dan Brown, Google, and more “ it’s a big news day in the book biz

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