A story in today's Globe and Mail looks at what the Kobo sale means for its majority owner, Indigo Books & Music, which is likely to find itself flush with cash as a result of ... Read More »
November 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
While Canadian publishing executives and literary stars gathered at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel for the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala Tuesday night, across downtown, another large group gathered at the Harbourfront Centre to see American author ... Read More »
Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries
The so-called "Scotiabank Giller Prize effect" is already helping e-book numbers for Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers). Yesterday, Half-Blood Blues was listed 3,376 on Amazon's bestsellers list for Kindle e-books. As of noon ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology
As many in Canadian publishing's inner circle primped and primed themselves for the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, important industry news of another sort broke with the announcement Tuesday evening of Indigo's decision to sell its ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
A novel that, less than a year ago, was without a Canadian publisher has won the country's most prestigious literary prize. Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues, about a jazz musician who disappears in Nazi-occupied France, was ... Read More »
Kobo announced Tuesday it has entered into a definite agreement under which it will be acquired by the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. The deal is expected to close in early 2012. According to a press ... Read More »
November 8, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
The Donner Canadian Foundation has increased the purse for its prize in public policy writing from $35,000 to $50,000. Allan Gotlieb, chair of the foundation, also announced Monday that the amount awarded to shortlisted authors ... Read More »
November 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Tomorrow night's Scotiabank Giller Prize awards ceremony will be broadcast live on CBC's new cable channel Bold at 9 p.m. (EST), followed by a rebroadcast on the same channel at 11:05 p.m. For viewers with ... Read More »
Prosecutors in Georgia are alleging that a group of four would-be terrorists found inspiration for planned attacks in a violent online novel called Absolved. Written by Mike Vanderboegh, a former leader of a militia group ... Read More »
November 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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