The 18th annual Saskatchewan Book Awards were held in Regina on Saturday. The winners were as follows: Book of the year: David Carpenter, A Hunter's Confession (Greystone Books) Fiction: Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe (Random ... Read More »
In the movie Dangerous Minds, the high school English teacher played by Michelle Pfeiffer tries to instill a love of poetry in her class of inner-city students by having them parse the drug references in ... Read More »
November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The 74-year-old Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa made a name for himself with a series of books published in Spain during the Franco regime in the 1960s. Books such as The City and the Dogs ... Read More »
November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Claudia Dey launched her sex-advice book, How to Be a Bush Pilot (HarperCollins Canada), at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Nov. 10. The launch featured live music and an onstage chat between Dey and author Michael ... Read More »
Today's book news: Jamie Byng angers indie booksellers with World Book Night Norwegian police reopen Satanic Verses shooting case It had to happen: The Facebook Book Laura Miller on new graphic novels for non-fanboys Tech ... Read More »
November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
In May, Penguin Classics launched a partnership with the charitable AIDS organization (PRODUCT)RED, releasing a series of eight redesigned Penguin Classics titles. Now, the publisher is launching an expanded line of (RED) books -- 16 ... Read More »
November 26, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
As Q&Q has previously reported, the debate over Bill C-32, the copyright modernization act now being reviewed by legislative committee, is heating up, with writer and publisher groups speaking out in support of the rights ... Read More »
November 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Today's book news: NY Times' 100 Notable Books of the Year V.S. Naipaul pulls out of Turkish lit event due ... Read More »
November 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The second annual Alberta Readers' Choice Award, which celebrates books published in Alberta, has released its 30-entry longlist. With five titles each, NeWest Press and Freehand Books are the most well-represented publishers on the list. ... Read More »
November 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Today's book news: HarperCollins and Gawker make nice Of Thee I Sing becomes fastest selling picture book in Random House history Better ... Read More »
November 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
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