Dominican Republic strips author Junot Daíz of Order of Merit medal after advocating for human rights. (Flavorwire) Harriet Klausner, Amazon reviewer of more than 31,000 books, dies at 63. (Good e-Reader) Middle Earth map hand-annotated ... Read More »

Get out the credit card: AbeBooks lists Edith Wharton's baby rattle (Entertainment Weekly) and "Wicked Bible" featuring misprint promoting adultery up for auction. (GalleyCat) The profitable trend of politicians buying their own books in bulk. ... Read More »

Toronto and Kansas City libraries take baseball rivalry to twitter using book titles. (Toronto Star) Writers tweet #WhyIWrite for National Day on Writing. (Entertainment Weekly) What Justin Trudeau’s win could mean for Canadian libraries and ... Read More »

The French city of Grenoble is installing free short story dispensers around town. (CBC Books) King James gets the Harper Lee treatment as the earliest known draft of his bible is discovered. (The New York ... Read More »

Canada’s federal election: Canadian Art asks, Who should get the art vote?; Canadian Arts Coalition rounds up the federal parties’ arts platforms; Canadian Conference for the Arts encourages a vote for arts and culture. Joseph Boyden ... Read More »