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Emily Schultz blogs about spending Stephen King’s money

Say what you will about Amazon, but thanks to the online retailer's customers and some mass confusion over a book title, Canadian author Emily Schultz has been handed an unexpected windfall. As reported by Quillblog ... Read More »

June 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch wins 2014 Trillium Book Award

By Dory Cerny

The winners of the Ontario Trillium Book Awards were announced at a dinner hosted by the Ontario Media Development Corporation last night in Toronto. The announcement followed readings by the shortlisted authors on June 16. ... Read More »

June 18, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Daniel Keyes dies at 86, Jeanette Winterson angers Twitter by killing rabbit, and more

By Dory Cerny

Flowers for Algernon author Daniel Keyes dies at 86 Jeanette Winterson enrages Twitterverse by killing and cooking a rabbit #WeNeedDiverseBooks launches summer reading series Comedian Mindy Kaling to publish book of essays Bertelsmann shutters German ... Read More »

June 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Fall preview 2014: picture books

By Dory Cerny

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated titles for young readers. Fall is shaping up to be the season of sequels, for both picture books and fiction. In September, Scholastic Canada ... Read More »

June 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Novelist Robert Arthur Alexie has died

By Stuart Woods

Writer Robert Arthur Alexie (a.k.a. Robert Alexi Jr.), author of the novels Porcupines and China Dolls and The Pale Indian, has died at the age of 58. The CBC reports that his body was discovered ... Read More »

June 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Apple settles ebook price fixing case, Common Core from the nine-year-old’s perspective, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Apple has reached a settlement in class-action lawsuit over ebook prices How the U.S.’s Common Core approach is playing out in the classroom Hacking the author experience Retail Council of Canada launches interactive “Find an Independent Bookstore” map ... Read More »

June 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

New Republic’s Christopher Ketcham accuses Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges of plagiarism

By Steven W. Beattie

In a lengthy article published June 12 on the New Republic website, writer Christopher Ketcham states that Harper's magazine killed a 2010 investigative report by noted progressive journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges after ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Andre Alexis levies charges of racism against fellow author David Gilmour

By Steven W. Beattie

Novelists David Gilmour and André Alexis have a fraught history, stretching back to a Globe and Mail review the latter wrote of the former's 2005 novel, A Perfect Night to Go to China. Although Gilmour's ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Kitty Lewis honoured by League of Canadian Poets, how to get a Canadian arts grant, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Kitty Lewis, general manager of poetry publisher Brick Books, awarded honorary lifetime membership from the League of Canadian Poets Use of "synthetic" or "blended" phonics in U.K. schools results in higher literacy rates among students, ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

New Balance’s literature-inspired sneakers, Colbert zings Amazon, and more

By Sue Carter

New Balance launches line of sneakers inspired by U.S. authors and literature Stephen Colbert takes another swing at Amazon (watch the video, starting at the one-minute mark) Sales of self-published books in the U.K. grew ... Read More »

June 13, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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