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Book links roundup: 2011 Canadian bestsellers, Apple self-publishing rumours, and more

Random House of Canada and Penguin Canada lead Canadian entries on the 2011 Globe & Mail bestsellers' list Is Apple launching a digital self-publishing program? Kitty lit: reimagined classics from The Sound and the Furry ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Ling Zhang responds to accusations of plagiarism

By Natalie Samson

This week, the controversy dogging Chinese-Canadian author Ling Zhang's second novel, Gold Mountain Blues, flared up again as prominent Chinese-Canadian authors Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, and Paul Yee signed a letter asking Penguin Canada to ... Read More »

October 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Industry news

Hey hey, my my: Neil Young announces memoir

By Sue Carter

Neil Young, one of Canada's most famous musical exports, is writing a memoir, to be published in fall 2012 by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Group USA. The New York Times reports that ... Read More »

September 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Marion Cotillard to star in film adaptation of Craig Davidson’s Rust and Bone

By Sue Carter

Academy Award“winning actor Marion Cotillard will star in a French-language adaptation of Craig Davidson's short story collection, Rust and Bone (Penguin Canada). According to The Playlist, Rust and Bone will be directed by Jacques Audiard, ... Read More »

September 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest

By Natalie Samson

The Writers' Trust of Canada, in collaboration with Samara, has named Ezra Levant's Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights (McClelland & Stewart, 2009) the Best Canadian Political Book ... Read More »

August 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Google launches e-reading device, Amazon asks for voter referendum, and more

By Sue Carter

Google eBooks launches e-reading device, available only at U.S. Target stores Amazon asks for California voter referendum, hoping to overturn ... Read More »

July 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: London Book Fair Luau party

By Sue Carter

On July 5, approximately 80 people donned leis and Hawaiian shirts for the London Book Fair Luau to celebrate the ... Read More »

July 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

E-books will account for 40 per cent of book revenue within five years, predicts Reisman

By Steven W. Beattie

Two years ago, Heather Reisman, CEO and "chief booklover" of Indigo Books and Music, predicted that e-books would cannibalize 15 per cent of traditional book sales at her stores in five years' time. Reisman has ... Read More »

April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology, Industry news

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

By Stuart Woods

The "Great Chinese Canadian Literary Feud" is now underway, according to a Toronto Star story by Bill Schiller. The author at the centre of the supposed controversy is Toronto's Zhang Ling, whose previous novel, Aftershock, ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Penguin

Book links roundup: 2011 Canadian bestsellers, Apple self-publishing rumours, and more

Ling Zhang responds to accusations of plagiarism

Hey hey, my my: Neil Young announces memoir

Marion Cotillard to star in film adaptation of Craig Davidson’s Rust and Bone

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest

Book links round-up: Google launches e-reading device, Amazon asks for voter referendum, and more

Event photos: London Book Fair Luau party

E-books will account for 40 per cent of book revenue within five years, predicts Reisman

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

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