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Book Links: Millennium trilogy grows to six parts; hating Jonathan Franzen; how the pros read for pleasure

Chicago artist Theaster Gates Jr. buys derelict bank for $1, turns it into library and arts centre. (Mental Floss) Why is everyone so obsessed with hating Jonathan Franzen? (The Globe and Mail) Marlon James’s Man ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

OLA announces 2016 Forest of Reading nominees

By Dory Cerny

The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for their 2016 Forest of Reading Awards: The Blue Spruce (K–Gr.2); Silver Birch fiction (Gr.5–6), non-fiction (Gr.5–6), and express (Gr.3–4); Red Maple (Gr.7–8); White Pine (Gr.9–12); two ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

CODE names winners of Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature

By Becky Robertson

CODE, the literary development agency, has revealed the winners of its third annual Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature in celebration of indigenous authorship. A jury of Canadian authors chosen by the ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Anne Michaels named Toronto’s new poet laureate

By Becky Robertson

Award-winning poet and novelist Anne Michaels has been chosen to serve as Toronto’s fifth poet laureate, beginning in November. Michaels is the author of five poetry collections and two novels and has received numerous accolades, ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: Marlon James wins Man Booker; Ladybird gets adult remake; Captain Marvel takes a back seat to Ant-Man

By Becky Robertson

Jamaican author Marlon James wins the Man Booker Prize; Ta-Nehisi Coates among National Book Award finalists. (Los Angeles Times) “It’s like being allowed to mess about with a national treasure.” Penguin celebrates the 100th anniversary ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada presented its $60,000 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction to Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada) at the Art Gallery of ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Michael Lavergne addresses issues of globalization and inequality in fashion

By Michael Lavergne

Like many Canadians, I have been jarred by the images of Syrian refugees these past weeks. I feel a shared sense of shame at Canada’s “fessing up” to the realization that we’re now as jaded ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers shortlist revealed

By Becky Robertson

The Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union, in partnership with the province’s Literary Arts Foundation and Writers’ Alliance, has announced the shortlist for its biennial Fresh Fish Award, presented to an emerging Newfoundland writer not yet ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Buying Stephen King’s body (of work); Obama’s new career?; Amazon gets physical

By Becky Robertson

The horror ... the horror—the money-making horror. Scribner buys rights to 27 Stephen King titles. (Los Angeles Times) President Obama begins testing out post-public-life careers, interviews author Marilynne Robinson. (The New York Review of Books) ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Elvis Costello beats Keith Richards; in praise of Svetlana Alexievich; Kitchener Public Library is in a hotspot

By Sue Carter

Kitchener Public Library first in Canada to loan out Wi-Fi hotspots. (CBC) Why Svetlana Alexievich's Nobel Prize win is good for literature. (Flavorwire) There's a lot more to Sandra Boynton than just hippopotamuses. (New Yorker) ... Read More »

October 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

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