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Children’s Book Links: Girls Who Code makes a strong push into publishing; will Twitter lead to illiterate children?

Girls Who Code founder talks about the company's new fiction and nonfiction books, released today. (Bustle) Journalist and Man Booker Prize–winning novelist Howard Jacobson predicts Twitter will render children illiterate. (The Bookseller) Artsy looks ... Read More »

August 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing

Book Links: President’s Committee on Arts & Humanities resigns; novels to read for the solar eclipse

By Becky Robertson

U.S. President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities resigns. (Electric Literature) The Art of the Deal ghostwriter predicts Trump will resign later this year. (Salon) Charlottesville-based author John Grisham speaks out against the white supremacist rally and ... Read More »

August 21, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Literary event listings: Aug. 21–27, 2017

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, AUGUST 21 Philippa Dowding: Reading from Carter and the Curious Maze at the CNE’s Family Day. Alberta Circle, Scadding Cabin, CNE Grounds, Toronto. 1 p.m. Sarah Meehan-Sirk: Launching The Dead Husband Project. Burdock, 1184 ... Read More »

August 18, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Danila Botha, Matti Friedman among 2017 Vine Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto-based Koffler Centre of the Arts has announced the shortlists for its 2017 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature. The annual prize offers a $10,000 prize each in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, history, ... Read More »

August 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Shari Lapena’s The Couple Next Door sells more than a million English-edition copies

By Sue Carter

Shari Lapena's domestic thriller The Couple Next Door has now sold more than a million copies of its various English-language editions. According to Lapena's agent, Helen Heller, the sales numbers cover Canada, the U.S., and ... Read More »

August 17, 2017 | Filed under: Bookselling

Book Links: Chinese crime novelist charged with murders; new Dorian Gray film coming with female lead

By Becky Robertson

Chinese crime novelist is charged with decades-old murders. (The New York Times) Musician St. Vincent will direct film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray starring a female lead. (HuffPost) After winning a Hugo Award for the ... Read More »

August 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Tragically Hip bio and Candy Palmater memoir are in the works

By Becky Robertson

Two new non-fiction books focusing on Canadian pop-culture stars were announced this week. Toronto's ECW Press has acquired The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip, a biography of the band and frontman ... Read More »

August 16, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Book Links: Another Neil Gaiman adaptation in the works; using books to talk to your kids about Charlottesville

By Becky Robertson

Indie bookstore in Charlottesville continues to serve community. (Publishers Weekly) White supremacists harass feminist bookstore employees and plant copies of Milo Yiannopolous memoir. (Electric Lit) How to use books to talk to your kids about Charlottesville. (The New York ... Read More »

August 16, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Helaine Becker, Claire Eamer, Tim Falconer among Lane Anderson Award shortlisters

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 2016 Lane Anderson Awards, honouring Canada's best science writing with $10,000 in each of two age categories, have been revealed: Young Readers Helaine Becker and Phil McAndrew, ill., Monster Science: Could Monsters ... Read More »

August 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Children’s Book Links: Sexist Gruffalo pyjamas; taking AR reading to the next level; and how Curious George fled the Nazis

By Shanda Deziel

Documentary about Curious George creators, who fled the Nazis on homemade bikes in 1940 – along with their unpublished manuscripts – premieres online today. (The Jerusalem Post) When it comes to children learning life lessons from picture ... Read More »

August 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing

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Children’s Book Links: Girls Who Code makes a strong push into publishing; will Twitter lead to illiterate children?

Book Links: President’s Committee on Arts & Humanities resigns; novels to read for the solar eclipse

Literary event listings: Aug. 21–27, 2017

Danila Botha, Matti Friedman among 2017 Vine Awards finalists

Shari Lapena’s The Couple Next Door sells more than a million English-edition copies

Book Links: Chinese crime novelist charged with murders; new Dorian Gray film coming with female lead

Tragically Hip bio and Candy Palmater memoir are in the works

Book Links: Another Neil Gaiman adaptation in the works; using books to talk to your kids about Charlottesville

Helaine Becker, Claire Eamer, Tim Falconer among Lane Anderson Award shortlisters

Children’s Book Links: Sexist Gruffalo pyjamas; taking AR reading to the next level; and how Curious George fled the Nazis

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