Book news

A Clockwork Orange show tunes to be unveiled

To mark the 50th anniversary of A Clockwork Orange next year, a stage adaptation of the demented dystopian novel will be performed using songs composed by the books' author, Anthony Burgess. According to the BBC, ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Chester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011

By Jason Spencer

Chester Brown is making a big splash at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, which runs until Sunday. Today, Brown is performing his "acclaimed slideshow," reading from his controversial graphic novel Paying for ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links round-up: scathing reviews, foggy plot lines, and more

By Jason Spencer

An excerpt from Eva Gabrilsson's book about her life with Stieg Larsson How much do we actually retain from reading? Slate explains h0w not to write a book review Stephen King's The Dark Tower will not be ... Read More »

July 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Sheila Heti, Misha Glouberman, and Kate Beaton bring Canadiana to U.S. stages

By Sue Carter

U.S. hipsters and alt-comedy fans will get a dose of Canadiana this week. Tonight, Sheila Heti and Misha Glouberman are launching their book, The Chairs Are Where The People Go (D&M Publishers), in Los Angeles. ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: phone-hacking lit, saving Toronto libraries, and more

By Sue Carter

Could you make this stuff up? Phone hacking in literature Protecting the Toronto Public Library from threat of privatization Creating online ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

By Steven W. Beattie

Kobo, the Toronto-based e-reading company, has issued an official statement to clarify its position vis-Ã -vis the recent announcement that the U.S. bookstore chain Borders would be entering liquidation. The statement is in response to "misconceptions ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Romance novelist Ryshia Kennie wins Regina Writing Award

By Natalie Samson

The Saskatchewan Writers' Guild has named Ryshia Kennie winner of the 2011 City of Regina Writing Award. Kennie has written two romance novels, From the Dust (2007) and Ring of Desire (2009), both published by ... Read More »

July 19, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book links round-up: new Bryan Lee O’Malley book, a taste of 1Q84, and more

By Jason Spencer

Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley to release new graphic novel in 2013 A (very small) sample of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 Federal judge sets a date for Google to create a legal plan for the world's ... Read More »

July 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Marshall McLuhan’s 100th birthday sparks discussion on the future of publishing

By Sue Carter

On July 20, as part of the Marshall McLuhan Centenary celebrations happening this week in Toronto, a group of academics, journalists, retailers, and publishers take part in a panel entitled Reading and Publishing: Paper or ... Read More »

July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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