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Q&A: Rupi Kaur on her debut collection, milk and honey

Rupi Kaur, the 23-year-old Brampton, Ontario–based writer, has had a wildly successful year, ratcheting up more than 280,000 Instagram followers, along with public endorsements by such celebrities as Martha Stewart and Mark Ruffalo. Kaur was ... Read More »

November 18, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Emily Schultz on The Blondes, Ontario illustrator featured on Batman comic cover, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Emily Schultz talks beauty and violence in The Blondes Ontario illustrator Jason Fabok draws his way to the cover of DC Comics' Batman New book to "set the record straight" on the 2011 bin Laden ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Flash mob targets Windsor bookshop

By Natalie Samson

(Photo: Cash Mob Windsor) Flash mob, meet the buy local movement. That's what happened at Juniper Used and Rare Books last Saturday, when more than 50 customers simultaneously descended on the Windsor, Ontario, bookshop. The ... Read More »

March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

J.K. Rowling signs deal for an adult novel; Twitter goes hog wild

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Five years after finishing life at Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling is back with a new publisher and a book deal for her first adult novel. Little, Brown will publish the untitled novel in the U.S. and in ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Two iconic Toronto bookstores hit hard times

By Natalie Samson

Two of Toronto's longstanding independent bookstores will face major changes in 2012. This morning, Sue Houghting, owner of The Book Mark in the city's Kingsway neighbourhood, announced she will close shop after 46 years in ... Read More »

January 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Kobo Pulse gets to the heart of “social in-book e-reading”

By Sue Carter

Kobo has released more details about Kobo Pulse, its new "social in-book e-reading experience" Essentially a social media tool, Kobo Pulse will allow Kobo users to connect with other people reading the same book, comment ... Read More »

September 27, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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