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Angelina Jolie Pitt to executive produce animated adaptation of Deborah Ellis’s The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis's best-selling YA novel The Breadwinner (Groundwood Books) is about to get a Hollywood-sized boost with news that Angelina Jolie Pitt will executive produce its animated-film adaptation. The book and its three accompanying titles, ... Read More »

August 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Shakespeare revealed to be potential stoner, Russian publisher falsely releases titles under names of foreign journalists, and more

By Becky Robertson

Scientists discover marijuana in Shakespeare's 400-year-old tobacco pipes. Russian publisher Algoritm falsely releases Putin books under names of U.K. and U.S. journalists. New J.R.R. Tolkien book to be "the darkest and most tragic of all." ... Read More »

August 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Writers’ Trust announces 2015 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction jury

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named the jury members for this year's $60,000 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction. The jury comprises Stevie Cameron, a Toronto investigative journalist, literary non-fiction author, and member of the ... Read More »

August 10, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Harlequin audiobooks now available in libraries, TPL to launch book vending machine at Union Station, and more

By Becky Robertson

Harlequin makes audiobooks available to libraries. Toronto Public Library to install book vending machine in Union Station. Holocaust romance novel's award ... Read More »

August 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Laurie MacFayden wins second Goldie Award

By Becky Robertson

The Texas-based Golden Crown Literary Society has named Edmonton author and artist Laurie MacFayden winner of a 2015 Goldie Award for her book of poetry, kissing keeps us afloat (Frontenac House). MacFayden previously won the ... Read More »

August 7, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Registration open for CCBC children’s publishing seminar

By Dory Cerny

The Canadian Children's Book Centre will host a seminar on Oct. 24 called "So You Want to Get Published!" The morning event, to be held at the TPL's Northern District Branch, will feature a panel ... Read More »

August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing, Events

Book-launch venue hop: Café Deux Soleils, Vancouver

By Cheri Hanson

Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues Each week, Vancouver poets, writers, and literary performers, and their fans, make a pilgrimage ... Read More »

August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Silver Snail Ottawa to close its doors

By Becky Robertson

The Silver Snail comic store has announced the shuttering of its Ottawa location after 25 years in business, citing a lack of foot traffic due to the "economic downtown" in a blog post. The news ... Read More »

August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

New Dr. Seuss title breaks records, an anti-social writer’s lament, and more

By Becky Robertson

Dr. Seuss's What Pet Should I Get? breaks record for Random House Children's Books' fastest-selling picture book. "The aesthetic of art is primal and private – it’s a guts-deep aesthetic that is not only losing its potency ... Read More »

August 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Klein and Purdy docs premiere at TIFF’s 40th anniversary fest

By Steven W. Beattie

It's August, which means (for film lovers, at least), the Toronto International Film Festival is right around the corner. Since its humble beginnings in 1976, the festival has grown in prestige and importance; it now ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

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