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LeVar Burton kickstarts Reading Rainbow relaunch, the ethics of Amazon literary grants, and more

Kirkus Reviews announces new $50,000 literary prizes for fiction, non-fiction, and young readers Take a look, it's in a book: Kickstarter campaign to revive Reading Rainbow exceeds $1 million in less than 11 hours ... Read More »

May 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Author, activist Maya Angelou dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

Beloved American poet, activist, and educator Maya Angelou has died at age 86, after a recent undisclosed illness. The CBC reports that Angelou was scheduled to attend last Friday's luncheon for the 2014 Major League ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Erin Frances Fisher wins RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

By Dory Cerny

Victoria writer and pianist Erin Frances Fisher is this year's recipient of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The award, administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada with the support of the RBC ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Amazon battle with Hachette intensifies, book claims hockey isn’t Canadian, and more

By Dory Cerny

Hillary Clinton reveals alternative titles considered for new biography, Hard Choices, in author's note New book claims "Canada's game" is British Forgotten comic-book adaptation of Star Wars discovered in China Ebook pricing dispute between Amazon ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador announces 2014 winners

By Julie Baldassi

Lisa Moore has been named winner of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador fiction award for her 2013 novel Caught (House of Anansi Press), a nominee for last year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize and Rogers ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

BEA introduces 18 book industry startups

By Julie Baldassi

BookExpo America has announced the 18 startups that will participate in Startup Alley, a new event where entrepreneurs have the opportunity to present their ideas to the industry and win prize money. Participants exhibiting in ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Goosebumps comes to iTunes, Macmillan launches consumer data analysis tool, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Dany Laferrière and Madeleine Thien nominated for German International Literature Award Goosebumps television show debuts on iTunes Canada National Post chronicles stories from this week’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Macmillan unveils data-driven marketing tool ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Fall preview 2014: YA and children’s fiction

By Dory Cerny

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated titles for young readers. Koyama Press, known for its graphica, comics, and art books, will release its first two children’s titles in September, and ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

David Stouck wins second annual Basil Stuart-Stubbs award

By Julie Baldassi

Vancouver author David Stouck is the winner of the second annual Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his acclaimed biography of Arthur Erickson, a renowned architect and urban planner. Stouck ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

The Third Rail, by Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish, wins National Business Book Award

By Steven W. Beattie

Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish have won the $20,000 National Business Book Award for The Third Rail: Confronting Our Pension Failures. Published by McClelland & Stewart imprint Signal, the book examines the current state of ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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