This year's winners of the ReLit Awards, which recognize annually the best independently published novel, book of poetry, and short story collection in Canada, were announced on Feb. 1. Andrew Kaufman's The Tiny Wife (Cormorant ... Read More »
U.K. publisher drops gendered titles after backlash. (The Independent) Smithsonian gets into the graphic novel biz with new series. (GalleyCat) House featuring wall papered with the world's most expensive book reopens to the public. (Melville ... Read More »
February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
American trio who saved a train full of passengers from Paris terrorist attack signs book deal. (Toronto Star) You can judge these "blooks" by their covers: new exhibition explores the art of fake books. (New ... Read More »
January 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Binky the Space Cat author Ashley Spires Twenty B.C. storybook characters have come to life, thanks to a new recognition project helmed by the Vancouver Public Library and the Society of B.C. Children’s Writers and ... Read More »
January 28, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing
Retail turmoil in the book trade caused by a plunging dollar is far from a new story. In its January 1985 edition, Quill & Quire published "The 35% solution: trying to keep prices down when ... Read More »
January 28, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
Polish nuclear physicists ruin great works of literature by proving them to be nothing more than fractals. (EurekaAlert) Kobo ruins great works of literature even further, offering estimates of how long an ebook will take ... Read More »
January 28, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Hundred-year-old lost Beatrix Potter story, featuring grown-up Peter Rabbit, to be published for the first time. (CBC Books) Gay-themed erotica novel starring Donald Trump tops Amazon lists. (The Los Angeles Times) Study shows one per ... Read More »
January 27, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Depressed El Chapo given Don Quixote to read in prison. (Melville House) Amazon now warns readers if ebooks are poorly written and edited. (Good E-reader) Nature-loving author Amy Tan now has a species of Australian ... Read More »
January 26, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Toronto’s Monarch Tavern was once frequented by organized crime. Today, it’s home to nothing more sinister than a poetry reading The Monarch Tavern, hidden on a residential street in Toronto’s Little Italy, is one of ... Read More »
January 25, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture
Oxford Dictionaries considers reviewing definition wording after accusation of sexism. (The Guardian) Judy Blume, Amy Poehler, and Kate DiCamillo to write forewords for Beverly Cleary re-releases in honour of author's 100th birthday. (Galleycat) Roboreader wants ... Read More »
January 25, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
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