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David Davidar named CEO of Penguin International

Penguin Canada publisher and president David Davidar has been named CEO of Penguin International, a new division aimed at growing business in emerging markets around the world. In his new role, Davidar joins the heads ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Free books, free readings on the streets of Toronto

By Stuart Woods

The International Festival of Authors took to the streets this morning in downtown Toronto to drum up public interest in the fest, which gets underway at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre on Oct. 21. Festival organizers hired ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Yann Martel sends Yann Martel to Stephen Harper

By Nathan Whitlock

The first rule one learns in today's publishing climate is that an opportunity to promote one's own book should never, ever be passed up. Crank letter writer Renowned author Yann Martel demonstrates this truth with ... Read More »

October 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Book marketing on a budget

By Stuart Woods

In the latest issue of The New Yorker, Ellis Weiner takes a satirical look at how U.S. publishing houses are coping in a down market. In this Shouts & Murmurs piece, an intern "brought on ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's HarperCollins editor has a double life, The Daily Beast reports. He also helped work on the satirical title published during Palin's VP run, Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Just ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

By Stuart Woods

Writing in the National Post books blog, novelist Ray Robertson says that while Alice Munro may have to forcibly remove her work from Scotiabank Giller Prize consideration, he doesn't even bother with the formality “ ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

October Q&Q: Shane Peacock, Kelley Armstrong, and more in our KidLit Special

By Stuart Woods

With the third instalment in his burgeoning Sherlock Holmes series set for publication this month, could Shane Peacock “ Q&Q's cover star for the October issue, now on newsstands “ be the next big name ... Read More »

October 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Reaction to Herta MÃ¼ller’s Nobel Prize win

By Stuart Woods

The Romanian-born German author Herta MÃ¼ller has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature. If you've never heard of her before, that's understandable: while she's widely read in Eastern Europe and is one of Germany's ... Read More »

October 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Raincoast CEO Allan MacDougall retires

By Scott MacDonald

Early this morning, the staff of the Vancouver-based Raincoast Books gathered in the company warehouse for an announcement from founder and CEO Allan MacDougall. Rather than let the company hear it from someone else, the ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Four magazines die, a classic threatened (again), and the two-timing ways of Archie Andrews

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: The foodie bride's lament: Condé Nast-owned magazines Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride, and Modern Bride all cease publication More book banning madness: Toronto parent wants Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

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