It's almost time again for BC Book and Magazine Week (BCBMW), the province's week-long celebration of all things literary. Founded in 1999, the festival takes place at multiple locations across B.C., from Victoria to Vancouver ... Read More »
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The Los Angeles Times reports on a beta website, filedbyauthor.com, which aims to create Web pages (1.8 million so far) for just about every author who's ever existed, including a bio, links, and a list ... Read More »
March 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
If former President Bush's verbal gaffes were gettin' old last year, they must be pretty much fossilized by now. (Woe be to any publisher with a title like Putting Food On Your Family: The Accidental ... Read More »
March 18, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
A small St.Paul, Minnesota-based publisher is hoping to reap big rewards in the wake of Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. Graywolf Press is the publisher of poet Elizabeth Alexander, who wrote and recited the inauguration ... Read More »
January 21, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news
Sundry links from the Web: More wreckage at Random House U.S.: Pantheon Books publisher Janice Goldklang is laid off after 25 years with the company. How well do you know crime fiction? Take the Ceeb's ... Read More »
January 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book links
On Jan. 7, CTV will air Of Murder and Memory, a fictionalized adaptation of Linda Spalding's 2006 true crime memoir Who Named the Knife? Spalding's book centres on the trial of Maryann Acker, who was ... Read More »
January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Authors
The blog Whiskey Fire has directed us to a nutty column by someone named Dr. Miriam Grossman, who feels that Stephenie Myers' Twilight series has a lot to say on the subject of teen sex ... Read More »
December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
The L.A. Times has put together a special "Favorite Books of 2008" issue, and there are a few honourable mentions for CanLit. In fiction and poetry, Miriam Toews's The Flying Troutmans has a spot alongside ... Read More »
December 9, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »
November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
In preparation for tomorrow's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala award ceremony, the National Post has recruited a cadre of industry insiders, authors, and commentators for a special online roundtable about literary awards and their effects on ... Read More »
November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
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