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Ontario’s Lt-Gov to continue book drive

This was announced last week, but it's worth mentioning. From the Toronto Star: Aiming for quality over quantity, Ontario Lieutenant- Governor David Onley is asking citizens to donate new children's books to help aboriginal kids ... Read More »

January 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Bad times for literary fiction

By Nathan Whitlock

"Few people who spend much time in the literary world emerge without at least one paranoid conspiracy theory," writes Mark Lawson in The Guardian. Hard to disagree with that. His own theory as to what ... Read More »

January 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries, Opinion

Bookmarks: books over Baghdad, Anne Frank: The Musical, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

We're back! Some book-related links: The Baghdad book revival (Associated Press) Anne Frank: The (Spanish) Musical (CBC Arts) Book clubs as self-help (The Guardian) Toronto Star literary critic Philip Marchand says so long and thanks ... Read More »

January 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Toronto library cuts add up to next to no savings

By Stuart Woods

The National Post is reporting that a settlement between the Toronto Public Library and its labour union is essentially reversing the savings from the Sunday closure of 16 of the city's libraries, announced earlier this ... Read More »

December 18, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Buyer of Rowling book revealed

By Scott MacDonald

A handwritten book of fairy tales by J.K. Rowling was auctioned off for more than $4-million (Cdn) yesterday, and U.K. newspapers were full of speculation this morning as to who the deep-pocketed buyer was. As ... Read More »

December 14, 2007 | Filed under: Libraries

Indigo’s Love of Reading: The Motion Picture

By Scott MacDonald

Many of you faithful industry watchers have probably already heard tell of the short documentary that Indigo CEO Heather Reisman commissioned earlier this year about the "crisis" in school libraries. It's called Writing on the ... Read More »

December 7, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

French erotica … at the library

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Canadian Press: Ribald and X-rated, a new exhibit at France's national library is banned to anyone under 16. The exhibit that opened this week offers a peek at France's long-secret library of libido, ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

The Golden Compass gets yanked in Calgary, too

By Nathan Whitlock

And on it goes: another school board has pulled Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass from its shelves following a parental complaint “ this despite the fact that the book was published more than 10 years ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

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Quill and Quire

Ontario’s Lt-Gov to continue book drive

Bad times for literary fiction

Bookmarks: books over Baghdad, Anne Frank: The Musical, and more

Toronto library cuts add up to next to no savings

Buyer of Rowling book revealed

Indigo’s Love of Reading: The Motion Picture

French erotica … at the library

The Golden Compass gets yanked in Calgary, too

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

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