Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Atwood gets kudos in Davos

Margaret Atwood has been given the Crystal Award by the government and business muckety-mucks attending this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. From the Winnipeg Free Press: "I am very honoured to have been ... Read More »

January 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood takes flight in the Guardian

By Steven W. Beattie

In Margaret Atwood's recent dystopian novel, The Year of the Flood, there is a litany of the saints worshiped by the eco-cult known as God's Gardeners. One of these is Saint Bridget Stutchbury of the ... Read More »

January 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, the BrontÃ« sisters, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few bookish links from across the Web: To help you with the holiday shopping season, The Inkwell Bookstore Blog compiles a selection of gifts for the Jane Austenite on your list, including the Pride and ... Read More »

December 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Birthday wishes for Margaret Atwood, and more

By Stuart Woods

Bookish links from around the Web: Happy (belated) birthday, Margaret Atwood. The author turned 70 yesterday Colum McCann has won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards for his novel Let the Great World ... Read More »

November 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

By Alison Potstra

Globe and Mail columnist Leah McLaren is the latest public figure to opine on the state of Can Lit. Prompted by this year's awards season, McLaren takes the discussion one step further (or, perhaps backward) by ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Libraries

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that this year's recipient of the Matt Cohen Award is Paul Quarrington. The $20,000 award is given to a writer who has amassed a distinguished body of work. ... Read More »

October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Who will win the Nobel?

By Nathan Whitlock

It's not quite the biggest reward that can be given to a writer (that would be inclusion in Oprah's Book Club, or maybe Richard and Judy's), but the Nobel Prize for Literature is nothing to ... Read More »

October 7, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks

By Scott MacDonald

The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist was announced this morning, and it included a mix of "sure bets" and surprise nods. The biggest surprise, however, was the omission of Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Margaret Atwood on friendship, Stephen King in Toronto, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Margaret Atwood, who recently reviewed the novel of a close friend, reflects on weighing truth against friendship Introducing the vook, Simon & Schuster's cleverly named hybrid of an e-book ... Read More »

October 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of Swinging Suicides

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: In honour of Leonard Cohen's 75th birthday yesterday, 1 Heck of a Guy comes up with an incomplete list of Cohen's many nicknames. Quillblog favourites: #22: Master of the ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Atwood gets kudos in Davos

Margaret Atwood takes flight in the Guardian

Bookmarks: Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, the BrontÃ« sisters, and more

Bookmarks: Birthday wishes for Margaret Atwood, and more

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

Who will win the Nobel?

Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks

Bookmarks: Margaret Atwood on friendship, Stephen King in Toronto, and more

Bookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of Swinging Suicides

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