by Sue Carter

Canadian literary event round-up, March 4-10

Here are just a few literary/book events happening around the country this week: Newfoundland's travelling poetry festival The March Hare comes to Toronto, March 4-5 (Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 p.m., Brass Taps ... Read More »

March 4, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Random House titles now available at U.S. iBookstore, not in Canada

By Sue Carter

At Wednesday's launch of the iPad 2 in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed that 17,000 titles from Random House U.S. will now be available in Apple's iBookstore. Titles began appearing on the iBooks ... Read More »

March 3, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Vikings of the Ice nominated for Audie Award

By Sue Carter

Vikings of the Ice by George Allan England (Rattling Books) is the only a Canadian finalist for the 2011 Audie Awards, which honours the year's best audiobooks. Narrated by actor Frank Holden, the Newfoundland and ... Read More »

March 2, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Writers’ Trust announces Bronwen Wallace Award finalists

By Sue Carter

There must be something in that Pacific air: all three finalists for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers live in B.C. The Writers' Trust of Canada literary award, which alternates between fiction and ... Read More »

March 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

By Sue Carter

Administrators for Australia's bankrupt REDgroup Retail, the company that owns book retail chains Borders, Whitcoulls, and Angus & Roberstson, held their first creditors' meetings on Monday in Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand. Steve Sherman, from ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Shelagh Grant becomes first Canadian woman to win the Lionel Gelber Prize

By Sue Carter

Trent University professor Shelagh Grant has become the first Canadian woman to win the $15,000 Lionel Gelber Prize, awarded annually to an international non-fiction book "that seeks to deepen public debate on significant global issues." ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: March 1

By Sue Carter

Carefully curated indie e-book publisher Ebookling sells 1,000 downloads in two weeks An infographic look at the 40-year history of e-book publishing, starting with the 1971 digitization of the U.S. Declaration of Independence This virtual ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

iPad 2 unveiling, with uncertain future for outside e-book apps

By Sue Carter

If Apple's invitation to its latest media event ” a shiny glimpse of an iPad poking through a corner of a calendar ” is any indication, the iPad 2 will launch on Wednesday, March 2 ... Read More »

February 23, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

By Sue Carter

Much of the debate preceding this year's national Freedom to Read Week (Feb. 20-26) has focused on Alabama publisher NewSouth Books' edited version of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. No doubt this sensitive ... Read More »

February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Book biz round-up: Ian McEwen gets political and more

By Sue Carter

Book news from around the Web: Ian McEwen gets political during award acceptance speech at Jerusalem's international book fair Barnes & Noble reports positive third quarter led by a rise in e-book sales, but still ... Read More »

February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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