by Sarah Kester

New Robert Galbraith novel announced, Borges’ Library of Babel now a website, and more

J.K. Rowling announces third mystery novel to be published under pseudonym Robert Galbraith The gift of a first-edition book has become a movie trope An 18th-century book on the history of Saint Peter's Basilica was stolen in Rome ... Read More »

April 24, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Reese Witherspoon to voice Harper Lee audiobook, pop-up book fairs, and more

By Sarah Kester

Reese Witherspoon to voice audiobook of Harper Lee's new novel Cervantes prize winner Juan Goytisolo believes Spain should leave Miguel de Cervantes' bones where they were found Pop-up book fairs to appear around the globe for World Book ... Read More »

April 23, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

The Devil You Know set to be adapted for television

By Sarah Kester

New Metric Media has announced it has acquired worldwide media rights for Elisabeth de Mariaffi's debut novel, The Devil You Know (HarperCollins Canada/Patrick Crean Editions). The novel, set in the early 1990s, follows rookie reporter Evie Jones, who ... Read More »

April 17, 2015 | Filed under: Deals

Ebook prices rise, 150,000 people expected at L.A. festival, and more

By Sarah Kester

About 150,000 people are expected to attend the Los Angeles book festival, which starts tomorrow Neil Gaiman, Kenneth Oppel among recipients of the 2015 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-aloud Awards A ... Read More »

April 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Alfred Hermida wins National Business Book Award

By Sarah Kester

Alfred Hermida, an associate professor at UBC's Graduate School of Journalism, is the 2015 winner of the National Business Book Award for Tell Everyone: Why we Share and Why it Matters (Doubleday Canada). Tell Everyone explores how our ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Amy Poehler and Nelson Mandela top audiobook list, Amazon is hoping to get drones approved, and more

By Sarah Kester

Amy Poehler and Nelson Mandela are among the Audio Publishers Association's top five audiobooks of the year. If Amazon's new drones are approved they could make deliveries faster and cheaper. A library in Topeka parodied Taylor ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award shortlist announced

By Sarah Kester

The Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards shortlist has been announced. During even years the awards honour fiction and children's/young adult fiction; during odd years, poetry and non-fiction. Only residents of Newfoundland and Labrador are eligible ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Poetry Month Q&A: Sue Goyette on approaches to healing and her new poem, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl

By Sarah Kester

Massachusetts, 2006. A four-year-old girl died from an overdose of drugs used to treat ADHD and bipolar disorder. Her parents were convicted of her murder. Sue Goyette's new poetry collection, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl (Gaspereau ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Patti Smith to release new memoir in the fall, In Cold Blood to become a TV series, and more

By Sarah Kester

Laline Paull's debut novel among those shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Patti Smith's follow-up memoir M Train release date is announced and cover art revealed Truman Capote's In Cold Blood optioned by the ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Wolsak & Wynn, BookThug among Canadian indie presses at AWP Conference

By Sarah Kester

Anvil Press, Wolsak & Wynn, BookThug, House of Anansi Press, Coach House Books, and Brick Books represented Canada at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week. The conference, which ... Read More »

April 13, 2015

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New Robert Galbraith novel announced, Borges’ Library of Babel now a website, and more

Reese Witherspoon to voice Harper Lee audiobook, pop-up book fairs, and more

The Devil You Know set to be adapted for television

Ebook prices rise, 150,000 people expected at L.A. festival, and more

Alfred Hermida wins National Business Book Award

Amy Poehler and Nelson Mandela top audiobook list, Amazon is hoping to get drones approved, and more

Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award shortlist announced

Poetry Month Q&A: Sue Goyette on approaches to healing and her new poem, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl

Patti Smith to release new memoir in the fall, In Cold Blood to become a TV series, and more

Wolsak & Wynn, BookThug among Canadian indie presses at AWP Conference

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