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Random House blacklisted for The Jewel of Medina

The controversy surrounding Sherry Jones's novel The Jewel of Medina “ which Random House U.S. decided to pull earlier this month, citing fears of terroristic violence “ continues to grow. Two weeks ago, none other ... Read More »

August 29, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Sask. librarian hits the slammer

By Stuart Woods

Contemplating a life in crime? Well, in terms of graft, the prim world of library management is wide open “ or is it? On Wednesday, a Saskatoon judge sentenced Bruce David Cameron to two years ... Read More »

August 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Time to retire Catcher in the Rye?

By Scott MacDonald

There's an internet debate a'brewin' over the merits of that perennial high school syllabus placeholder The Catcher in the Rye. Over at Good Magazine, Anne Trubek makes an impassioned plea to replace it with something ... Read More »

August 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book culture

Amazon buys Shelfari

By Scott MacDonald

Looks like Amazon isn't going to rest until it owns every book-related business on the planet. After acquiring Abebooks just a few weeks ago, the retail giant has now sucked up the social networking site ... Read More »

August 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Danish publisher wants controversial U.S. novel

By Sara Forsyth

Earlier this month, Random House U.S. decided to pull Sherry Jones's novel The Jewel of Medina, for fear its content (about the child bride of the prophet Mohammed) would "incite acts of violence by a ... Read More »

August 26, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Vote for your favourite East Coast author

By Sara Forsyth

Colleagues (and buddies) Stephen Clare and Trevor Adams of Halifax Magazine are looking to find the top 100 Atlantic Canadian books ever written. They plan to compile their findings in a book called Spindrift, but ... Read More »

August 26, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Event photos: the I.V. Lounge Reading Series’ farewell party

By Nathan Whitlock

As reported on Q&Q Omni, the I.V. Lounge Reading Series in Toronto has come to an end after 10 years and two anthologies due to the closing of its eponymous host bar. On Aug. 17 ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Jacob Two-Two, too

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Globe and Mail: Jacob Two-Two, one of the late Mordecai Richler's most famous characters, could be forgiven if he felt uncomfortable with being immortalized in a trilogy. After all, he's two plus two ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Winnipeg women's group sends more than 5,000 books to Nunavut (Winnipeg Free Press) Is sci-fi too nostalgic? (i09.com) Robotic librarian wreaks havoc dispenses books in rural California (The Sacramento Bee) Library patron ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Punctuation cage match

By Stuart Woods

Herman Melville was for them; Raymond Chandler was against. Donald Barthelme thought they were ugly as a tick on a dog's belly. His contemporary, Kurt Vonnegut, called them transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. Yet another ... Read More »

August 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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