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Vancouver publisher Kirk Lapointe rises in mayoral election poll, Montreal loses Chapters to Victoria’s Secret, and more

New poll indicates 41 per cent of Vancouverites support Self-Counsel Press editor and publisher Kirk Lapointe in his bid for mayor Downtown Montreal Chapters store to be replaced by Victoria's Secret Universal Pictures buys rights ... Read More »

July 31, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

PEN Literary Award winners announced, Ulysses video game in production, and more

By Sue Carter

Frank Bidart, James Wolcott, Linda Leavell among PEN Literary Award winners Irish filmmaker successfully crowdfunds for Ulysses virtual-reality video game Parent demands John Green novel be removed from Florida school for "F-bombs and references to teen ... Read More »

July 30, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

First listen: Christine Fellows’ northern-inspired poetry and music project

By Sue Carter

In 2011, Winnipeg musician Christine Fellows travelled through the Yukon as Dawson City Music Festival’s songwriter-in-residence. The experience inspired Burning Daylight, a full-length album and poetry collection, both to be published by ARP Books in ... Read More »

July 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Breaking the Man Booker rules, The Goldfinch headed to the big screen, and more

By Julie Baldassi

The Man Booker Prize requires longlisted books to be in stock within 10 days of the announcement, but several titles haven’t been released yet Warner Bros. picks up film rights to The Goldfinch "Teens Need Love Too": ... Read More »

July 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Can Douglas Preston, et al. loosen Amazon’s stranglehold on authors and publishers?

By Steven W. Beattie

As the ongoing war between Amazon and Hachette drags on, it seems almost comical to add yet another blog post to the mass of material that has already been written analyzing the farrago – especially ... Read More »

July 28, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Faith Erin Hicks, Darwyn Cooke, Chip Zdarsky win Eisner comic awards

By Sue Carter

Halifax graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks has won her first Will Eisner Comic Industry Award. Hicks's The Adventures of Superhero Girl was named best kids' publication (ages 8–12) at the San Diego Comic-Con gala on ... Read More »

July 28, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Yaddo given historical landmark distinction, George R.R. Martin declines to write TV episodes this season, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Yaddo, the U.S. artists' colony that was host to writers such as Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, and Paul Bowles, designated an historical landmark Bel Kaufman, author of Up the Down Staircase, passes away at 103 ... Read More »

July 28, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Lydia Davis modernizing children’s book, “Robert Galbraith” makes rare appearance, and more

By Sue Carter

Lydia Davis modernizes obscure dialects in new edition of 1898 children's book Bob, Son of Battle J.K. Rowling appears as her pseudonym, Robert Galbraith Don DeLillo as a literary collagist Without support of the Big ... Read More »

July 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Last Word: Alexi Zentner on the summer of Shakespeare

By Q&Q Staff

Writing a novel inspired by the Bard entails a complicated literary inheritance, writes Alexi Zentner Every tragedy has a fool, and every fool has a tragedy. My tragedy is that my new novel riffs on ... Read More »

July 25, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood home for sale

By Sue Carter

Poetry and prose lovers with some cash in their pockets may want to consider purchasing Elizabeth Bishop's childhood home in Great Village, Nova Scotia. Known for years as the Elizabeth Bishop House, the 2,000 square-foot* ... Read More »

July 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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Vancouver publisher Kirk Lapointe rises in mayoral election poll, Montreal loses Chapters to Victoria’s Secret, and more

PEN Literary Award winners announced, Ulysses video game in production, and more

First listen: Christine Fellows’ northern-inspired poetry and music project

Breaking the Man Booker rules, The Goldfinch headed to the big screen, and more

Can Douglas Preston, et al. loosen Amazon’s stranglehold on authors and publishers?

Faith Erin Hicks, Darwyn Cooke, Chip Zdarsky win Eisner comic awards

Yaddo given historical landmark distinction, George R.R. Martin declines to write TV episodes this season, and more

Lydia Davis modernizing children’s book, “Robert Galbraith” makes rare appearance, and more

Last Word: Alexi Zentner on the summer of Shakespeare

Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood home for sale

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