Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 16

Your end-of-the-week news fix: Brits stiffen upper lips and stand up to volcano for the glory and honour of England U.S. publishing folks rush to take credit for Pulitzer-winning Tinkers Amazon caves (somewhat) on royalty ... Read More »

April 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Library of Congress archives your tweets for posterity

By Stuart Woods

One of the factors that makes Twitter so addictive is the fleeting, transient nature of the tweet: shortly after appearing online, your 140-character post will be more or less forgotten, consigned to oblivion. That is ... Read More »

April 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 15

By Scott MacDonald

Your daily blast of news goodness: Volcano eruption in Iceland grounds flights to U.K. and threatens London Book Fair E-book version of new Stephenie Meyer novella more expensive than hardcover Your tweets to be preserved ... Read More »

April 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Rebecca Eckler, Erica Ehm, Robert J. Sawyer, Andrew Potter, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

On March 25th, Rebecca Eckler and Erica Ehm launched their co-written picture book The Mischievous Mom at the Art Gallery (Key Porter Books) at the Julie M. Gallery in Toronto. Above: Eckler (centre) and event ... Read More »

April 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 14

By Scott MacDonald

All the book news you can stand, and then some: Bad news for impatient Canadians: international debut of iPad delayed by a month Dave Bidini announces the Paul Quarrington Award for Best North American Sports ... Read More »

April 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: YA author Jill Murray launches Rhythm and Blues

By Laura Godfrey

On April 10, Toronto's Type Books on Queen Street West hosted the launch of Jill Murray's new YA novel, Rhythm and Blues (Doubleday Canada), about a teenage girl's quest for fame, love, and self-identity. Murray ... Read More »

April 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 13

By Scott MacDonald

The sap that floweth from the news tree: Pulitzer Prizes announced Pulitzer-winner Tinkers is the first small press title to win the award since A Confederacy of Dunces Gawker on Jay McInerney's debut as wine ... Read More »

April 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Raj Patel (still) not the messiah

By Steven W. Beattie

Remember the contretemps Quillblog pointed to a couple of weeks back involving a largeish number of people who had become convinced that Raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Starved and The Value of Nothing, ... Read More »

April 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Rana Dasgupta and Glenda Guest win Commonwealth Writer’s Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The international winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize were announced today. U.K. author Rana Dasgupta won Best Book for the novel Solo and Australian author Glenda Guest won Best First Book for the novel Siddon ... Read More »

April 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 12

By Scott MacDonald

An assortment of links to kick off your work week: No Canadians on IMPAC prize shortlist The Bookseller offers its London Book Fair rights preview iPad Mini in the works? (Uh, I've got an iPad ... Read More »

April 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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