Vancouver-based illustrator Tony Cliff has achieved the dream of many authors: his debut graphic novel‚ Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (First Second/Raincoast Canada)‚ will be adapted into a feature film by Disney. The comic‚ ... Read More »
British Muslim woman detained as potential terrorist by airport security for reading Syrian art book. (The Independent) Forbes lists the world's highest-paid authors of 2016. (Forbes) Six books Americans should read before fleeing to Canada. (Am Reading) ... Read More »
August 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita is, arguably, one of the most contentious and heavily analyzed classics in the international literary canon. But it wasn’t until recently that the real-life incidents behind the disturbingly pedophilic story ... Read More »
August 3, 2016
Publisher releases Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad early to coincide with Oprah Book Club pick. (Los Angeles Times) New Harry Potter title to be published in editions for blind and dyslexic readers. (The Bookseller) First major ... Read More »
August 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
The Cooke Agency has sold its foreign-rights arm to two of its longtime agents. In a statement released on July 29, Dean Cooke and Sally Harding‚ Toronto-based literary agents and owners of the Cooke Agency, ... Read More »
August 2, 2016
Indigo has launched a standalone mobile app to help readers find – and buy – new books. Reco, the bookseller's first foray into tech since it developed and launched Kobo in 2009, is a dedicated social network‚ with ... Read More »
August 2, 2016
J.K. Rowling says Harry Potter's story is definitely over, will never backtrack on this statement. (The Guardian) Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House won't release ebook sales information. (The Digital Reader) St. Paul, Minnesota, has a ... Read More »
August 2, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Madeleine Thien and David Szalay are the two Canadians among 13 international authors longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. The £50‚000 award honours an exceptional work of English-language fiction published in the U.K. each year. ... Read More »
July 28, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Why Calvin and Hobbes is great literature. (Literary Hub) Orange is the New Black's Samira Wiley to co-star in adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. (Electric Lit) Hachette Book Group restructures team after Perseus ... Read More »
July 28, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
It's more than a notebook – it's a lifestyle. Moleskine opens combined café‚ library‚ and art gallery in Italy. (GalleyCat) Librarians on what advice they'd give Donald Trump in the very unlikely chance he walked into their ... Read More »
July 27, 2016 | Filed under: Book links