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Was William Shakespeare a cocaine cowboy?

If William Shakespeare was alive today, would he be making late-night trips to White Castle? South African anthropologist Francis Thackeray thinks so. Thackeray, director of the Institute for Human Evolution at the University of Witwatersrand ... Read More »

June 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Artist Amy Switzer creates birds from books

By Sue Carter

Barrie, Ontario, artist Amy Switzer's latest exhibition, Bird Call, investigates our endless fascination with, and apparent need to anthropomorphize, animals (Lolcats, anyone?). For her lifelike paper-bird sculptures, which she contains under glass domes, Switzer layers ... Read More »

June 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 16

By Scott MacDonald

Another day, another news round-up: British Airways doesn't care about book people A sneak preview of the new titles publishers are taking to the London Book Fair Colin Thatcher ordered to hand over book profits ... Read More »

March 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Yann Martel finally hears from the PMO

By Suzanne Gardner

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

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Search Results by tag: William Shakespeare

Was William Shakespeare a cocaine cowboy?

Artist Amy Switzer creates birds from books

Daily book biz round-up, March 16

Yann Martel finally hears from the PMO

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