Atwood, Rushdie, Franzen among signatories of PEN International letter to Putin Vancouver art-book store closes after 24 years on Broadway Non-profit ... Read More »
February 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Q&Q reported yesterday that there were approximately 500 Toronto Public Library holds for Robyn Doolittle's Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story. Today, that number has jumped to nearly 800. But what about the rest of ... Read More »
February 5, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries
The television mini-series adaptation of Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes starts shooting this week in South Africa with Hollywood stars Louis Gossett Jr. and Cuba Gooding Jr. The Canada"“South Africa co-production will also shoot ... Read More »
February 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book news
Gary Shteyngart, B.J. Novak recruit celebrities for book trailers Celebrating William S. Burroughs' centenary China's small bookstores call for ... Read More »
February 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Former Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Tie Domi is the latest NHL hockey player to turn his on-ice memories into a book deal. Domi's as-yet untitled memoir, to be co-written with sports reporter Jim Lang, will ... Read More »
February 4, 2014
Small Print Toronto hosted a sold-out literary bash for the seven and under set last Saturday. The nonprofit literacy organization's sixth annual Totsapalooza featured U.K. author and children's laureate Julia Donaldson and coincided with the ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Events
The Writers' Trust of Canada has released the shortlist for the 14th Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Graeme Smith is up for yet another honour. His memoir, The ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Michael Serbinis has been at the helm of Kobo since the company's earliest days, overseeing its development as Indigo's digital content division (known at the time as Shortcovers), helping rebrand the firm as a global ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Eleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize winning novel, The Luminaries (McClelland & Stewart), may soon be coming to television. According to New Zealand's Sunday Star-Times, Catton has signed a contract to have her 848-page murder mystery adapted into ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Book news
If early demand from libraries is any indication, Robyn Doolittle's political exposé, Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story, could be on its way to becoming a bestseller. According to Yahoo News, the Toronto Public Library had ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries
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