The busy season for publishers has no shortage of big new releases, with novels from Ondaatje, Vanderhaeghe, and Endicott, the Massey Lectures from Adam Gopnik, and kids' books from Kenneth Oppel and Kit Pearson. In ... Read More »
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There's no formula for choosing the books of the year. Some break ground, some tackle familiar themes with new energy. Some represent the best work from established authors, some introduce us to important new voices. ... Read More »
November 25, 2010 | Filed under: Books of the Year
Canadian literary benefactor Scott Griffin is taking his passion for poetry “ in particular, the live recitation of poetry “ into schools across Canada with a new bilingual recitation contest that will award $10,000 to ... Read More »
When Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died in 2007, American literature lost one of its most idiosyncratic and beloved voices. That voice is now being honoured with a new library in the author's hometown of Indianapolis. The ... Read More »
Arundhati Roy, the Booker Prize“winning author of The God of Small Things, has been in the news recently for her outspoken comments about Kashmiri secession from India. Last week, rumours began circulating that the author ... Read More »
November 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Today's book news: MobyLives says that Oprah is picking Freedom (We don't know who to trust anymore!) President Obama to write dull-looking children's book Amazon attacks iPad for being too shiny David Foster Wallace archive ... Read More »
September 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
Egypt is not the only place where authors run afoul of censorship. It also happens with distressing regularity in the so-called Land of the Free to Canada's south. In the latest instance, the New Jersey ... Read More »
May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
All the stuff you should be reading today: Publishers Weekly presents its (deeply depressing) 2009 sales rankings Author Paul Carr rants about Amazon's one-star review problem A rather thoughtful analysis of the current Amazon-in-Canada debate ... Read More »
March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
[This post has been updated] The debate surrounding Amazon's planned Canadian expansion has produced many arguments both for (the editorial boards at The Globe and Mail and National Post) and against (the Canadian Booksellers Association, ... Read More »
What you missed over the weekend: Yet more op-ed pieces about Amazon setting up shop in Canada. Michael Geist argues for. Morley Walker argues against. (Oh, and some writer from the Calgary Herald rips the ... Read More »
March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
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