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Book Links: No Canadians on Man Booker longlist; Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir gets a name

Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith among 2017 Man Booker Prize longlisters. (The Guardian) Hillary Clinton's forthcoming election memoir, due from Simon & Schuster in September, will be titled What Happened. (Entertainment Weekly) Comics legend Stan Lee is creating ... Read More »

July 27, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Pasha Malla named Laurier’s Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

By Becky Robertson

Pasha Malla has been named Wilfrid Laurier University's Edna Staebler writer-in-residence for fall 2017. During his intensive residency, taking place at Wilfrid Laurier's Waterloo and Brantford, Ontario, campuses Oct. 23–Nov. 3, Malla will be working on two ... Read More »

July 26, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Publishers say no book deals for O.J.; Tom Hanks to debut his book at London Lit Fest

By Becky Robertson

BookNet Canada reports print sales have fallen 2.7 per cent in the first half of 2017. (The Digital Reader) Publishers say they won't be signing any book deals with O.J. Simpson. (TMZ) Barnes & Noble ... Read More »

July 26, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Coach House Books finds U.S. publicity support with Cursor Marketing Services

By Becky Robertson

Coach House Books is the first Canadian press to sign with Cursor Marketing Services, a new boutique agency offering U.S. marketing and publicity services to a handful of international publishers, Publishers Weekly reports. Cursor, launched this ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Agency/distribution changes

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

By Becky Robertson

The film adaptation of Deborah Ellis's internationally bestselling 2000 novel The Breadwinner (Groundwood Books) – the first in a children's series about an 11-year-old in Kabul who disguises herself as a boy to make money for her family ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Deals

Children’s Books Links: Bill O’Reilly dropped from picture book; who are board books really for?

By Shanda Deziel

From Star Wars: Spaceships to Feminist Baby: Are today's board books for kids or their parents? (Book Riot) After a successful start in the U.S., Simon and Schuster children's imprint Salaam Reads – which presents positive portraits of Muslim children ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing

Emma Donoghue donates over $100,000 in royalties

By Shanda Deziel

Emma Donoghue has raised over $100,000 for the San Francisco-based non-profit Room to Read – by donating her royalties from The Lotterys Plus One, the first book in her new middle-grade children's series. Room to Read ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Book Links: George R. R. Martin teases book release(s); the prison typewriter keeping Swintec afloat

By Becky Robertson

George R.R. Martin reveals he's publishing more titles in 2018. (HuffPost) Tourism Ireland debuts massive tapestry outlining every Game of Thrones episode. (io9) Jane Austen house fervently fundraises to stay open. (The Guardian) The exact amount of Ivanka ... Read More »

July 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings, July 24–30, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, JULY 25 Art Bar Reading Series: With Jonathan Moody, Darryl Whetter, Janice Colbert. Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5 artbar.org THURSDAY, JULY 27 Pam Withers: Promoting her new teen novel, ... Read More »

July 24, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Book Links: Congress to save library funding; Pennywise’s Comic-Con nightmares

By Sue Carter

U.S. Congress votes to approve funding to Institute of Museum and Library Services and other programming, despite Trump's desire to eliminate. (Publishers Weekly) Wheel talk: as the Tour de France winds down, a list of ... Read More »

July 21, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: No Canadians on Man Booker longlist; Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir gets a name

Pasha Malla named Laurier’s Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

Book Links: Publishers say no book deals for O.J.; Tom Hanks to debut his book at London Lit Fest

Coach House Books finds U.S. publicity support with Cursor Marketing Services

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

Children’s Books Links: Bill O’Reilly dropped from picture book; who are board books really for?

Emma Donoghue donates over $100,000 in royalties

Book Links: George R. R. Martin teases book release(s); the prison typewriter keeping Swintec afloat

Literary event listings, July 24–30, 2017

Book Links: Congress to save library funding; Pennywise’s Comic-Con nightmares

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