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Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange optioned for TV

Deadline Hollywood reported on Monday that YA author Lesley Livingston's Wondrous Strange trilogy has been optioned for TV by Shaftesbury Films. The Canadian production company, which opened a Los Angeles branch in 2011, is behind ... Read More »

July 16, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Deals

Eden Mills Writers’ Festival announces 2014 lineup

By Dory Cerny

The Eden Mill Writers' Festival has announced its 2014 lineup, which includes appearances by Eleanor Catton, David Adams Richards, Anne Michaels, Heather O'Neill, Steven Galloway, Claire Cameron, Thomas King, and Carrie Snyder. A press release ... Read More »

July 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Possible Amazon ebook subscription service, Thor is a woman, and more

By Dory Cerny

Leaked docs reveal Amazon may be launching ebook subscription service Marvel introduces series in which Thor is a woman RIP Archie Andrews David Mitchell to publish 6,000-word story via daily tweets Eager book lovers line ... Read More »

July 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Familiar faces for Weston Prize jury

By Sue Carter

The Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction has announced its 2014 jury. The three-member jury is composed of faces familiar to the Weston Prize, considered the richest non-fiction literary award in Canada. Charles Foran ... Read More »

July 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Lisa Moore hired by Memorial University, mystery surrounding Clinton book leak, and more

By Sue Carter

Lisa Moore named Memorial University’s new assistant professor of creative writing Who leaked chapters of HarperCollins's Clinton, Inc.? Singapore government bans kids' books with LGBT characters Harper Lee's adamant statement she did "not willingly" participate ... Read More »

July 15, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Activist and author S. Bear Bergman launches Kickstarter to fund LGBTQ-themed children’s book club

By Steven W. Beattie

When author and activist S. Bear Bergman surveyed the landscape of Canadian children's picture books dealing with LGBTQ themes, an unforeseen disparity emerged. "Every single one of the books was about bullying," Bergman says. "All ... Read More »

July 14, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer dies at 90

By Steven W. Beattie

Nadine Gordimer – novelist, anti-apartheid activist, and the first South African writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature – has died at age 90. Her novels include The Conservationist (which won the Booker Prize ... Read More »

July 14, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Charles Foran explores Munro Country, Slavoj Zizek accused of plagiarism, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Charles Foran explores Munro Country, the area in Southern Ontario that helped forge the Nobel Prize winner's literary sensibility Bert Archer on the places that helped shape other writers, including Hunter S. Thompson, Mary Shelley, ... Read More »

July 14, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Bull-running “expert” gored in Pamplona, debut author wins Frank O’Connor short story award, and more

By Sue Carter

Co-author of bull-running guide gored in Pamplona First-time author Colin Barrett wins Frank O'Connor international short story award Dear content creator: "a notice of author obviation" from McSweeney's Ian McKellen tweets first image of himself as ... Read More »

July 11, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

HarperCollins U.S. now selling direct, arrest in Colum McCann assault, and more

By Stuart Woods

HarperCollins U.S. now selling direct to consumers Man arrested in New Haven beating of author Colum McCann U.K. children's author Allan Ahlberg turns down Amazon-sponsored lifetime achievement award More essential commentary (courtesy of MobyLives) on the ... Read More »

July 10, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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