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Book biz round-up: The revolution will be tweeted, and more

New York-based OR Books will publish Tweets from Tahrir, a compilation of Twitter dispatches from Egypt's recent political revolution The nominees for Quebec's best French-language comics include Jeff Lemire's Essex County (trans. Sidonie Van den ... Read More »

March 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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

Unpublished Patrick White novel to not be unpublished

By Steven W. Beattie

First a cache of Dashiell Hammett stories is uncovered among the late author's papers in Texas. Then a novel by the late Chilean writer Roberto BolaÃ±o gets serialized in the pages of the Paris Review. ... Read More »

February 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Former Palin aide accuses rival author of sabotage, jealousy

By Steven W. Beattie

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and self-described "Mama grizzly," is at the centre of a dispute between two authors of competing books about her. Frank Bailey, a former Palin aide, is accusing Joe McGinniss, ... Read More »

February 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Links round-up: Atwood circa 1975, Rumsfeld, and more

By Natalie Samson

Today's links round-up, video edition: TVO launched its digital archive this week. Check out Mike McManus's 1975 interview with Margaret Atwood about her book Lady Oracle. An Atwoodian gem from the video: Remember I'm old. ... Read More »

February 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

CBC Books announces winners of the Bookies

By Natalie Samson

CBC Books announced the winners of their first-ever book club awards, the Bookies. The contest, which celebrates some of the best Canadian literature of the past year, was decided by a reader-generated nomination and voting ... Read More »

February 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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