Book news

Stacey May Fowles locates a “silver lining” in the Davidar affair

Earlier this week, Quillblog linked to a blog post about an anonymous blogger's experience with sexual harassment in the workplace. That post has since gone on to get read, retweeted, linked, and even picked up ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Another debut novel wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

By Stuart Woods

For the third year in a row, the winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world's richest fiction prize, is a debut novelist. Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker (and translator David Colmer) accepted the â‚¬100,000 ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood among Edinburgh book fest headliners

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood is one of the big-name authors set to appear at this year's revamped Edinburgh International Book Festival, which takes place Aug. 14“30. In a cross-festival program with the Edinburgh film festival, Atwood will ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Neil Gaiman’s Spawn; library books with mayo; and more

By Scott MacDonald

News bites: Publishers call new Amazon "Levels of Service" plan "extortion" Harlequin signs deal with Russian publisher Little, Brown launches new imprint: Mulholland Drive In hopes of landing lucrative legal settlement, Neil Gaiman admits to ... Read More »

June 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Jeanette Winterson defies coffee conglomerate to open her own shop

By Steven W. Beattie

If next year's Coffee Shop Author contest goes international, a London-based entrant could conceivably win with a novel written in Verde, a shop co-owned by novelist Jeanette Winterson. Writing in the Guardian, Winterson details how ... Read More »

June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

“I’ll have a venti mochaccino and an award-winning book, please.”

By Steven W. Beattie

In his memoir On Writing, Stephen King advises aspiring writers to avoid writing in coffee shops. Canadian novelist Corey Redekop, by contrast, admits that "the majority of [his] writing occurs in coffee shops." There is ... Read More »

June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Event photos: Random House’s World Cup party

By Nathan Whitlock

As part of the current worldwide effort to make everything about soccer for at least a couple of weeks, Random House of Canada held a World Cup viewing party in its boardroom in downtown Toronto ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Spain gets into e-books in a big way

By Stuart Woods

The digerati often accuse the publishing community of being a stodgy lot when it comes to e-books, but a consortium of publishers in Spain is going against type with the launch of Libranda, a digital ... Read More »

June 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Toronto Women’s Bookstore names new owner

By Stuart Woods

It's been a tough couple of months for the Toronto Women's Bookstore, which nearly closed its doors earlier this year after experiencing a steep decline in revenues. Now, however, it appears as though the store ... Read More »

June 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New copyright legislation likely this Thursday

By Steven W. Beattie

According to a Canadian Press report, Industry Minister Tony Clement is likely to table long-awaited legislation amending Canada's Copyright Act this Thursday. The legislation apparently includes a revised definition of "fair dealing" that would make ... Read More »

May 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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