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Margaret Laurence fails to make “Lost Booker Prize” shortlist

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

Fear of poetry waning, and the Globe opens the BÃ¶k on lipograms

By Steven W. Beattie

The Huffington Post has taught Quillblog a new word. "Metrophobia" is not an aversion to riding the Paris subway or to well-coiffed men; it refers to a fear of poetry. And apparently, this affliction is ... Read More »

January 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Christian Bok as Santa, Mark Breslin with Ralph Benmergui

By Nathan Whitlock

The book world is just starting to shake itself awake after the holidays, so here are a couple of photos from events that happened before the break. Avast! Canada's Dada bard has a Santa hat: ... Read More »

January 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Bookmarks: Google Editions, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Google announces that its online e-book service, known as Google Editions, will launch sometime in the first half of 2010. According to a report on CNET, Google will take ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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

Lisa Moore still “unreadably Canadian,” Barbara Kay says

By Stuart Woods

National Post columnist Barbara Kay really has it in for novelist Lisa Moore. The one-sided feud began last July, when Kay responded to Post reporter Katherine Laidlaw's "gushy" profile of the two-time Giller Prize nominee, calling Moore's most ... Read More »

September 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Stan Bevington, David Helwig, and Jack Hodgins named to the Order of Canada

By Stuart Woods

As part of yesterday's Canada Day festivities, Governor General MichaÃ«lle Jean has announced 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Among this year's new members are BC-based novelist and short story writer Jack Hodgins ... Read More »

July 2, 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

Daniel Handler kills the composer for the kids

By Steven W. Beattie

The mental and spiritual development of the young 'uns seems to be much on the minds of literary types these days. Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket (apparently to his lasting chagrin: the author's ... Read More »

February 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Litbloggers weigh in on Giller picks

By Scott MacDonald

A brief survey of responses to yesterday's Giller shortlist announcement: Bookninja argues that Marina Endicott's Good to a Fault got the nod by advertising on Bookninja.com Oddsmaker Pinnacle Sports places the smart money on Rawi ... Read More »

October 8, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: OAC

Margaret Laurence fails to make “Lost Booker Prize” shortlist

Fear of poetry waning, and the Globe opens the BÃ¶k on lipograms

Event photos: Christian Bok as Santa, Mark Breslin with Ralph Benmergui

Bookmarks: Google Editions, and more

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

Lisa Moore still “unreadably Canadian,” Barbara Kay says

Stan Bevington, David Helwig, and Jack Hodgins named to the Order of Canada

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

Daniel Handler kills the composer for the kids

Litbloggers weigh in on Giller picks

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