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Book links round-up: TIFF premieres Ronald Wright-inspired doc, Emily Horne meets Kingsley Amis in Saveur, and more

TIFF premieres documentary inspired by Ronald Wright's A Short History of Progress A Softer World's Emily Horne creates "recipe-comix" of a Kingsley Amis drink for Saveur Over 400,000 Facebook users like the "I hate reading" ... Read More »

August 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo sales down as the chain prepares to launch its lifestyle business

By Sue Carter

Indigo Books & Music is reporting a 1.1 per cent decrease in net revenue for its first quarter, which ended July 1. Revenue for the quarter was $202 million, down $2 million from last year, ... Read More »

August 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: London bookstores avoid damage, Sarah Selecky on the value of the written word, and more

By Sue Carter

London bookstores avoid damage during riots Sarah Selecky ponders the value of the written word after a break-in Grab a dirty martini for a Mad Men-inspired summer reading list U.S. booksellers deliberate on stocking Amazon ... Read More »

August 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Vancouver to host new comic arts festival

By Natalie Samson

Vancouver will play host to a new festival celebrating Canadian comics and graphic novels. The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival has been in the works for about a year, and last week organizers announced the event ... Read More »

August 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

2011 ReLit longlist revealed

By Sue Carter

The very long list of nominees for the 2011 ReLit Awards, which celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses, has been announced. ECW Press leads this year's longlist with nine ... Read More »

August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

New theory suggests Soviet involvement in the death of Albert Camus

By Steven W. Beattie

It's a conspiracy theory worthy of Dan Brown, or perhaps early-career John le Carré. When the French Nobel laureate Albert Camus died in a car crash in 1960, everyone assumed it was an accident. Now, ... Read More »

August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Vonnegut library strikes back, the end of soggy pages, and more

By Jason Spencer

Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library offers copies of Slaughterhouse-Five to students of Missouri school that pulled the book Finally you'll be able to swim while reading: the world's first waterproof book arrives next summer Nicholas Baker explains ... Read More »

August 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Ford goes Canadiana

By Jason Spencer

HarperCollins Canada announced Thursday that they will be publishing iconic American writer Richard Ford's new novel, Canada, next May. The novel follows young Dell Parsons as devastating circumstances force him to leave Montana and seek refuge ... Read More »

August 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Aqua Books honours late crime writer

By Jason Spencer

Kelly Hughes, owner of Aqua Books in Winnipeg, has set up an award in honour of late crime writer (and Winnipeg native) Michael Van Rooy. According to the Winnipeg Review, Hughes is sponsoring the Michael ... Read More »

August 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Jaws revisited, Morrissey the superhero, and more

By Jason Spencer

Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader collaborate on new killer shark movie, Bait New comic series Unite and Takeover inspired by the music of the Smiths Joseph Heller's Catch-22 turns 50 this October A letter ... Read More »

August 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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