by Steven W. Beattie

Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

One of Canada's finest “ and arguably most underappreciated “ poets has died. Jay Macpherson, a professor at the University of Toronto who won the Governor General's Literary Award for her 1957 collection, The Boatman, ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Occupy Wall Street library reopens (briefly) in Zucotti Park

By Steven W. Beattie

While librarians in Canada's largest city were preparing for strike action that began this morning, in New York City's Zucotti Park, the Occupy Wall Street library briefly reopened over the weekend to mark the six-month ... Read More »

March 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Twitter fuels rumours of American Psycho sequel

By Steven W. Beattie

It appears that anything Bret Easton Ellis does is bound to provoke fascination and chatter. That includes posting to his Twitter feed. On Saturday, Book Riot posted a series of Tweets from the author's late-night ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Scott Turow responds to U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust threat

By Steven W. Beattie

At the end of last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was looking into the possibility of filing an antitrust lawsuit against five major publishers “ Simon & Schuster, ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Fire damages New Star Books offices: arson suspected

By Steven W. Beattie

The CBC is reporting that arson investigators are looking into a suspicious fire that damaged the East Vancouver offices of New Star Books. Sprinklers in the building contained the flames but the business suffered extensive ... Read More »

March 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction was awarded to Andrew Westoll for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery at a ceremony in Toronto this afternoon. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

By Steven W. Beattie

It's like trying to cook when there are little children around. That's the assessment of one David Myers, a 53-year-old system administrator in Atlanta, regarding the experience of reading a book on the Kindle Fire. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo boycotts books published by Amazon

By Steven W. Beattie

What began as a "simmering feud" during the Christmas selling season, when Amazon launched a promotion offering users discounts for purchasing products scanned in bricks-and-mortar stores, has escalated into "full-scale war," according to an article ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

By Steven W. Beattie

Poland's Wislawa Szymborska, the woman the Nobel Prize committee called the "Mozart of poetry," died in her hometown of Krakow on Wednesday. From the Washington Post: She has been called both deeply political and playful, ... Read More »

February 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Repurposing old books (or just reading them)

By Steven W. Beattie

It's not an easy time to be a book. Prey to the depredations of digital books that offer convenience and (theoretical) low cost, the traditional paper-and-ink book is beleaguered and battling cultural irrelevance. So what ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

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Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

Occupy Wall Street library reopens (briefly) in Zucotti Park

Twitter fuels rumours of American Psycho sequel

Scott Turow responds to U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust threat

Fire damages New Star Books offices: arson suspected

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

Indigo boycotts books published by Amazon

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

Repurposing old books (or just reading them)

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