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Popular economics book exhausts Amazon stocks, Book of Negroes starts filming in Nova Scotia, and more

Amazon runs out of Thomas Piketty's best-selling economics book Capital in the 21st Century The Book of Negroes miniseries director pleased with Cape Breton filming location Ann Brashares' fifth Sisterhood book to be adapted for film Historian Fernando de Prado ... Read More »

April 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Kobo cuts 63 jobs from its Toronto office

By Julie Baldassi

In the wake of several executive-level changes at Kobo over the past few months, the Toronto-based e-reading company has cut more than 60 positions at its headquarters. The company employs 500 people worldwide. While it ... Read More »

April 25, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Howard Engel wins inaugural Master Award from Crime Writers of Canada; Arthur Ellis finalists revealed

By Courtney Harper

Howard Engel is the winner of the inaugural Crime Writers of Canada Master Award, which is “intended to recognize writers who have a substantial body of work that has garnered national and international recognition.” Engel, ... Read More »

April 24, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Chris Hadfield announces new book of space photos

By Sue Carter

Former astronaut Chris Hadfield revealed details about his forthcoming book on Twitter today. You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes is a collection of unpublished photos taken from the International Space Station, accompanied ... Read More »

April 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Bill Conall wins 2014 Leacock Medal

By Dory Cerny

Nova Scotia–based writer Bill Conall has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for The Promised Land: A Novel of Cape Breton. This is the second time in recent years that a self-published novel has ... Read More »

April 24, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Kit Pearson honoured with B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

By Julie Baldassi

Children’s author Kit Pearson is the recipient of the 11th annual B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence in honour of the author’s rich body of work, including 1996 Governor General’s Award winner Awake and Dreaming and the Guests ... Read More »

April 24, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Writers’ Trust launches $25,000 poetry prize

By Stuart Woods

Canadian poets are being feted with a new prize that will recognize a writer for his or her exceptional body of work. The $25,000 Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, sponsored by the Latner Family Foundation, ... Read More »

April 22, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: Media reaction to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s death

By Sue Carter

Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez praised in obituary Colombia and Mexico presidents to attend memorial service The Paris Review recalls ... Read More »

April 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Sina Queyras and Adam Sol on the state of Canadian poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

It is virtually impossible to argue against the notion that Canadian poetry has come of age. If F.R. Scott was able to say, as recently as 1976, that when he and A.J.M. Smith launched the ... Read More »

April 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Novelist and short-story writer Alistair MacLeod dies at 77

By Steven W. Beattie

Alistair MacLeod, one of Canada’s greatest short-story writers, has died at age 77. Though he published sparingly, his few works have become classics of CanLit. These include a single novel – 1999′s No Great Mischief ... Read More »

April 20, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

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