On Nov. 28, this year's Governor General's Literary Award recipients were celebrated at ... Read More »
December 3, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Vatican and Bodleian libraries digitize historic religious texts Asterix illustrator sues daughter for psychological violence Russia establishes Literary Assembly Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm has died Supreme Court rejects Amazon appeal over New York tax ... Read More »
December 3, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
For CanLit aficionados, 2013 has been an embarrassment of riches. Major new works from Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Colin McAdam, Wayne Johnston, Douglas Coupland, Lynn Coady, Lisa Moore, Michael Winter, and Eleanor Catton abutted strong ... Read More »
December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year
Affordable College Textbook Act may mean free e-textbooks in U.S. CareerCast.com ranks author #156 and journalist #200 among 200 jobs Publisher André Schiffrin has died Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart wins Guardian First Book Award ... Read More »
December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
When Tanya Davis and Andrea Dorfman collaborated to create the YouTube video-poem How to Be Alone, the Haligonian duo never imagined it would go viral, let alone lead to a book adaptation. Released in July ... Read More »
December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture
The New York Times reveals 100 Notable Books of 2013 New American curriculum standards mean a shift away from teaching fiction Teemu Manninen on the fate of virtual literature Book Trust poll names Trainspotting favourite ... Read More »
November 29, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Five eminent book designers make their choices for the year's best ... Read More »
November 29, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year
Montreal's Concordia University now houses a reading room in honour of Canadian author Mordecai Richler, who was a student and writer-in-residence at Sir George Williams University, one of Concordia's founding institutions. An assortment of the ... Read More »
November 28, 2013 | Filed under: Book news
Previously unpublished J.D. Salinger stories leaked online Fox Searchlight to produce J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Amazon gets strict about illegitimate use of keywords Books still most durable medium for storing information Jamie Reid's Doped wins William ... Read More »
November 28, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
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November 28, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Children's publishing
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