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Publishers left scrambling after Cairo book fair cancelled

As tens of thousands of people converged on Tahrir Square in Cairo today in a peaceful demonstration that marked the eighth day of protests against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, news that the Cairo International Book ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

By Stuart Woods

The "Great Chinese Canadian Literary Feud" is now underway, according to a Toronto Star story by Bill Schiller. The author at the centre of the supposed controversy is Toronto's Zhang Ling, whose previous novel, Aftershock, ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz roundup: Yann Martel calls it quits; HarperCollins “friends” teen talent; playwrights get a hand from Harold Pinter; and more

By Natalie Samson

Yann Martel, "tired of using books as political bullets and grenades," quits his book club Jeff Lemire, Kate Beaton, and Conundrum Press among nominees for Joe Shuster Awards HarperCollins to publish crowdsourced novel by teen ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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