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Stan Lee on diversifying Fantastic Four casting, Kobo’s Twitter and ABA initiatives, and more

Stan Lee stands by more diverse casting in graphic novel adaptations. Kobo launches Twitter account for deals and discounts and extends deal with American Booksellers Association despite falling ebook sales. U.S. true-crime author Ann Rule ... Read More »

July 28, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Jacqueline Baker and Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer on ChiZine’s upcoming Bond anthology

By Becky Robertson

ChiZine Publications co-editors Madeline Ashby and David Nickle have released the line-up of authors contributing to the press's forthcoming James Bond anthology, License Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond, due in November. Nineteen stories by writers ... Read More »

July 27, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Preview

Q&A: Joseph Boyden on Canada’s three solitudes

By Alexandra Shimo

Five years before Justice Murray Sinclair urged the nation to “integrate indigenous knowledge” into cultural institutions as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, the Art Gallery of Ontario had already begun researching a ... Read More »

July 27, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Emily St. John Mandel and Emma Hooper among surprise summer hits for U.K. booksellers

By Steven W. Beattie

Summer is vacation season for most people – a time to slow down, get away, and relax. Conventional wisdom has it that what is good for the body and soul is also good for the ... Read More »

July 27, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Salman Rushdie on censorship, Amazon becomes largest U.S. retailer, and more

By Becky Robertson

“Instead of realizing we need to oppose these attacks on freedom of expression, we thought we need to placate them with compromise and renunciation”: Salman Rushdie on censorship. Amazon overtakes Walmart as largest U.S. retailer. London ... Read More »

July 27, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Douglas Coupland becomes a Vice columnist, Archie cartoonist Tom Moore has died, and more

By Becky Robertson

Douglas Coupland to write Vice column Archie comic-book artist Tom Moore dies at 86 "Educators thought the strongest predictor of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated. But a good-sized ... Read More »

July 24, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Kidlit author-illustrator Ashlyn Anstee

By Dory Cerny

Canadian expat Ashlyn Anstee’s debut picture book, Are We There, Yeti?, was released by Simon & Schuster Canada this week. Her follow-up, No, No, Gnome!, is forthcoming from S&S in early 2016. We caught up ... Read More »

July 23, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing

American Psycho still causing problems 24 years later

By Steven W. Beattie

In the annals of censorship, Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho holds a special place of honour. Ever since its release, the book has been the subject of controversy and repeated attempts to have ... Read More »

July 23, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

Plot details for Girl in the Spider’s Web released, celebrities don’t want to be associated with Cosby’s biography, and more

By Becky Robertson

First plot details of Millennium series follow-up The Girl in the Spider's Web revealed. Celebrities ask to recant book blurbs and "glowing statements" for Bill Cosby's biography. Key West, Florida, celebrates Ernest Hemingway's birthday with ... Read More »

July 23, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Stage adaption of I Want My Hat Back coming to London’s National Theatre

By Dory Cerny

Jon Klassen's much-lauded 2011 picture book debut, I Want My Hat Back, is getting the stage adaptation treatment, thanks to the National Theatre in London. The book, which tells the story of a bear who ... Read More »

July 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Children's publishing

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Stan Lee on diversifying Fantastic Four casting, Kobo’s Twitter and ABA initiatives, and more

Q&A: Jacqueline Baker and Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer on ChiZine’s upcoming Bond anthology

Q&A: Joseph Boyden on Canada’s three solitudes

Emily St. John Mandel and Emma Hooper among surprise summer hits for U.K. booksellers

Salman Rushdie on censorship, Amazon becomes largest U.S. retailer, and more

Douglas Coupland becomes a Vice columnist, Archie cartoonist Tom Moore has died, and more

Q&A: Kidlit author-illustrator Ashlyn Anstee

American Psycho still causing problems 24 years later

Plot details for Girl in the Spider’s Web released, celebrities don’t want to be associated with Cosby’s biography, and more

Stage adaption of I Want My Hat Back coming to London’s National Theatre

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