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Two views of Arundhati Roy

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

2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards shortlists

By Scott MacDonald

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

Cough up some dough, Campbell!

By Scott MacDonald

D.C. Reid, a past president of both the Federation of B.C. Writers and the League of Canadian Poets, has taken B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell “ and, by extension, the province's librarians and publishers “ to ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Canadians love Shilpi Somaya Gowda; Rumsfeld memoir due in January; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: How U.S.-based Shilpi Somaya Gowda came to dominate the Canadian bestsellers list NY Times takes a closer look at the high-stakes Barnes & Noble squabble Donald Rumsfeld memoir to be released in ... Read More »

September 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah and Franzen all but confirmed; WSJ book section slammed; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: MobyLives breaks out the smoking gun: a copy of Freedom with an Oprah sticker New Wall Street Journal book section sparks conflict-of-interest concerns Michael Lewis tops Business Book of the Year Award ... Read More »

September 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Tony Blair to donate proceeds from memoir to charity

By Steven W. Beattie

This may be as close as we ever come to getting an admission that joining the war in Iraq was a mistake from one of its prime instigators. The Globe and Mail is reporting that ... Read More »

August 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Franzen makes Time; Jezebel hits back; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Jonathan Franzen to become first living author in a decade to be featured on cover of Time What the heck is goin' on at Dorchester Publishing? Jezebel hits back at Huffington Post's ... Read More »

August 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Google counts books; Arsenal Pulp moves; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Q: How many books are there are in the world? A: 129,864,880 Is Amazon any different than the robber barons of old? Arsenal Pulp moves to new offices How Stieg Larsson turned ... Read More »

August 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Sci-fi in the buff

By Steven W. Beattie

Literary readings range from entertaining to unbearably dull, but in most cases the readers remain clothed. Not so with Naked Girls Reading, an event that goes tonight at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel. NGR kicks off the ... Read More »

July 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Copyright holders “greedy” say Woodlief, Curtis

By Steven W. Beattie

In a July 9 Wall Street Journal article, Tony Woodlief argues that current practices for securing permission to reprint copyrighted material are too intricate and costly to survive. He cites his own experience writing a ... Read More »

July 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: YA

Two views of Arundhati Roy

2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards shortlists

Cough up some dough, Campbell!

Daily book biz round-up: Canadians love Shilpi Somaya Gowda; Rumsfeld memoir due in January; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah and Franzen all but confirmed; WSJ book section slammed; and more

Tony Blair to donate proceeds from memoir to charity

Daily book biz round-up: Franzen makes Time; Jezebel hits back; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Google counts books; Arsenal Pulp moves; and more

Sci-fi in the buff

Copyright holders “greedy” say Woodlief, Curtis

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