The 18th annual Saskatchewan Book Awards were held in Regina on Saturday. The winners were as follows: Book of the year: David Carpenter, A Hunter's Confession (Greystone Books) Fiction: Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe (Random ... Read More »
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The shortlists for the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards have been announced. Winners will be revealed at a gala ceremony in Regina on Nov. 27. The nominees are: BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD: David Carpenter, A ... Read More »
October 18, 2010 | Filed under: Awards
Leo Tolstoy liked to write long sentences in voluminous books. According to his wife's memoir, released in English by the University of Ottawa Press on Wednesday, the famous Russian author also liked sex and contracted ... Read More »
October 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
What better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy's death than by breathing new life into one of his classic works? After the unexpected success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it has become ... Read More »
January 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
For over two years, Life of Pi author Yann Martel has been sending books that have "been known to expand stillness" to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Beginning with Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich ... Read More »
June 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Winner of this week's clever design sweepstakes comes to us from Britain. It's this's TankBooks project, in which several classic novellas and stories are being released in cigarette-style packages. (Thanks to the design site Veer ... Read More »
July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
Sam Sacks of the New York Press takes a stab at that educational institution we all love to hate: the graduate-level writing workshop. The importance of workshops in contemporary American literature can be seen both ... Read More »
December 7, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news
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