Amazon says Vancouverites are biggest bookworms in Canada David Beckham to release picture book in October Ugandan activists ... Read More »
August 1, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Tom Stoppard wins PEN/Pinter Prize Infamous Fox News interview moves Reza Aslan to top of bestsellers list Four out of five novelists in Stephen King's family have books out this year Why Overstock started a ... Read More »
July 31, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Vancouver journalist Carol Shaben has won the Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction for Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop ... Read More »
July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Word on the Street Toronto has revealed an early lineup for its 2013 festival. The annual event will take place at Queen's Park Sept. 22. This year's headliner is Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner Joseph Boyden, whose ... Read More »
July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Events
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated international fiction and non-fiction. Fiction Thomas Pynchon has been notably prolific of late, at least by his standards. The elusive author's third novel in ... Read More »
July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Preview
Chrystia Freeland, winner of the 2013 National Business Book Award for her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada), has confirmed her foray into federal ... Read More »
July 29, 2013 | Filed under: People
Amazon slashes book prices to new lows Anakana Schofield discusses the difficulty of getting paid as a writer Book by Mexican union leader lands on New York Times' bestsellers list Irish novelist longlisted for Man ... Read More »
July 29, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Chuck Palahniuk returns to Fight Club with a graphic novel Fiction ebooks will overtake print by 2014 Google to sell and ... Read More »
July 25, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Goodreads hits 20 million members Penguin's Book Country plans e-bookstore for self-published authors Why Stephen King spends "months and even years" writing opening sentences Doris Lessing and the perils of the pseudonymous novel Amis, McEwan, ... Read More »
July 24, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Comic-Con International is known for showcasing comic books, fantasy novels, and pop culture material, but this past weekend the San Diego convention also hosted several prominent industry awards. On Friday, the annual Will Eisner Comic ... Read More »
July 23, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
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