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Book Links: Harlequin launches imprint with Seventeen; the truth about the Amazon store news; the book most people lie about reading

Harlequin Teen launches new fiction imprint with Seventeen magazine. (Publishers Weekly) Though news about Amazon opening hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores was proven erroneous, there is speculation that stronger physical retail presence is definitely in the ... Read More »

February 5, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Rosemary Sullivan sole Canadian on 2016 PEN Literary Awards shortlists

By Becky Robertson

Stalin’s Daughter, Rosemary Sullivan's biography of Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of the Soviet dictator, has been shortlisted for the PEN Literary Awards' Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. The book, published by HarperCollins Canada, previously won ... Read More »

February 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Zine collection launched at Seneca library

By Conan Tobias

The School of Creative Arts and Animation at Toronto's Seneca College has joined forces with Seneca's library to create an accessible collection of zines. The collection was launched with 140 titles – a combination of ... Read More »

February 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Uncovering truth, working toward reconciliation: Kim Echlin on the TRC report

By Kim Echlin

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future and The Survivors Speak are the most important books you will read this year, or this decade. They are available at no charge online and in public libraries. ... Read More »

February 4, 2016 | Filed under: Opinion

Book Links: Indigo returns to Vancouver; Texas bookstore offers discount to gun carriers; U.K. sees first ebook slump

By Becky Robertson

Indigo re-opens in downtown Vancouver with smaller Indigospirit outlet. (The Georgia Straight) Texas bookseller supports open-carry law by offering discount to patrons holding guns. (KVUE) The Bookseller reports ebook sales dropping in the U.K. for ... Read More »

February 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Mohamed Fahmy memoir to be adapted for film

By Conan Tobias

The Marriott Cell, journalist Mohamed Fahmy's upcoming memoir of his 400-day imprisonment in Egypt's Scorpion prison, will be developed into a feature film. Fahmy, an Al-Jazeera English bureau chief, and two of his colleagues – ... Read More »

February 3, 2016 | Filed under: Industry news

Indigo reports strong Q3 results

By Conan Tobias

On Feb. 2, Indigo Books & Music reported its ninth consecutive quarter of growth. The book and gift retailer saw revenue increase by 12.9 per cent during its Q3, ended Dec. 26, 2015. Revenue across ... Read More »

February 3, 2016 | Filed under: Industry news

Wab Kinew leaves Canada Reads to run for Manitoba NDP

By Becky Robertson

Author, broadcaster, and activist Wab Kinew is running uncontested for the NDP in Winnipeg's Fort Rouge constituency in the upcoming provincial election on April 19. The current seat holder, former finance minister Jennifer Howard, ... Read More »

February 2, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Book Links: Angouleme upsets with fake winners; Amazon ups Australian presence; DiCaprio to produce adaptation of YA novel

By Becky Robertson

Angoulême comics festival organizers cause tears by presenting fake list of winners. (The Guardian) Amazon adds more Australian titles and ups presence in the country through the Book Depository. (SMH) Leonardo DiCaprio to produce adaptation of ... Read More »

February 2, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Michael J. McCann nominated for North American Hammett Prize

By Becky Robertson

Ontario supernatural and crime-fiction author Michael J. McCann is one of five nominees for the 2015 North American Hammet Prize, initiated by the International Association of Crime Writers, for his novel Sorrow Lake: A March ... Read More »

February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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