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Canadian Library Association announces kids’ book award finalists

The Canadian Library Association has announced the shortlists for its three annual children's book awards. The finalists for the the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, and ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Harlequin digital sales declining, @GSElevator book cancelled, and more

By Emma Renda

Harlequin struggles with digital publishing sales Touchstone cancels publication of Goldman Sachs elevator gossip book Joseph Boyden discusses plans for companion novel to The Orenda Let Books Be Books campaign calls publishers on to end gendered packaging ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Photos: Inside Elly MacKay’s studio

By Dory Cerny

Paper theatre, light-box illustration, illuminated papercraft "“ call it what you will, the images that Elly MacKay creates using paper, pen-and-ink figures, an open-sided "theatre," and the manipulation of light are stunning. Based in Owen ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Kenneth Oppel’s train dreams

By Nathan Whitlock

It's pleasant enough for a writer to hear that one of his books has landed on someone's Christmas shopping list. But there are shopping lists, and then there's the shopping list of the most powerful ... Read More »

March 6, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Canadians among finalists for 26th annual Lambda Awards

By Julie Baldassi

The finalists were announced today for the 26th annual Lambda Literary Awards, which honours LGBT books published in 2013. Out of more than 700 submissions in 24 categories, at least 11 Canadian publishers and authors ... Read More »

March 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Luba Goy play wins Kobzar Literary Award

By Sue Carter

As international attention focuses on the Ukraine, the winner of the Shevchenko Foundation's biennial Kobzar Literary Award, which celebrates Canadian literature with a "Ukrainian theme," was announced last night at a ceremony in Toronto. Playwright ... Read More »

March 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

The Orenda wins Canada Reads, Jonathan Lethem joins NYC library debate, and more

By Emma Renda

Joseph Boyden's The Orenda takes top spot in Canada Reads 2014 Jonathan Lethem tells NYC mayor to protect city's libraries Marketing company buys books onto bestseller lists Watch: New music video from David O'Meara and ... Read More »

March 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Speed-reading technology promises Atlas Shrugged can be read in a day

By Sue Carter

Counter to the various "slow" movements that have become trendy over the past few years, there's a new app that boasts it will dramatically speed up ebook reading. Boston-based tech company Spritz has developed a ... Read More »

March 5, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

CWILL B.C. leads Canada’s first World Read Aloud Day celebrations

By Emma Renda

World Read Aloud Day has come to Canada for the first time, by way of the Children's Writers & Illustrators of British Columbia Society. The group has partnered with LitWorld, a New York"“based non-profit literacy ... Read More »

March 5, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Hage, Boyden face off on Canada Reads, L.A. Times Festival of Books partners with Amazon, and more

By Emma Renda

CBC Canada Reads contenders down to Cockroach, The Orenda Local booksellers upset by L.A. Times Festival of Books' partnership with Amazon Anne Rice signs petition protesting "anti-author" Amazon bullies Women writers to watch in 2014 Vasilly Aksyonov's 1979 novel predicted ... Read More »

March 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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