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Can a video game “revolutionize” publishing?

As the glut of "best of 2013" content begins (guilty as charged), The Atlantic makes a bold statement by calling a video game the "most exciting literary innovation of the year." Created by Swedish studio ... Read More »

November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Books of the year 2013: non-fiction

By Q&Q Staff

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November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Steven Temple Books to shut down, Costa Book Awards shortlists revealed, and more

By Becky Robertson

Toronto's Steven Temple Books to close after 40 years in business U.K.'s Costa Book Awards shortlists announced 373-year-old book sold for more than $14 million at auction "No animals harmed during production" not always true ... Read More »

November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Canada Reads reveals celebrity defenders and titles

By Sue Carter

The CBC has announced the panellists and titles for the next Canada Reads, which runs March 3"“6. This year's panellists are: Philanthropist and activist Stephen Lewis defending The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood ... Read More »

November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Books of the year 2013: fiction

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November 26, 2013

Madeleine Thien on CanLit’s racial and gender biases, Harry Potter fans launch campaign for social justice, and more

By Becky Robertson

Madeleine Thien on the bias against female writers of colour in the Canadian literary scene Harry Potter Alliance launches Odds in Our Favour campaign for social justice £18 million book of psalms may be most ... Read More »

November 26, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Last Word: Amber Dawn on the role poetry plays in our lives

By Amber Dawn

In March 2012, I pitched a book with the working title How Poetry Saved My Life to my publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press. It was a lousy pitch that suffered from being overambitious. The original idea ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Amber Dawn wins City of Vancouver Book Award

By Sue Carter

Amber Dawn has won the City of Vancouver Book Award for her memoir How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir, published by Arsenal Pulp Press. The $2,000 prize, which recognizes books that "contribute to ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Bringing Canadian art books online with the Art Canada Institute

By Julie Baldassi

"I am very hopeful that some day my art will be rediscovered," wrote Canadian visual artist Kathleen Munn in her notebook in 1974, the year she died. But while art historians have since recognized Munn ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

ReLit Awards announces 2013 shortlists

By Sue Carter

The ReLit Awards has abandoned its infamously thorough longlists in favour of 10-title shortlists. Founded by writer Kenneth J. Harvey, the annual awards recognize novels, short fiction, and poetry published by Canadian independent literary presses. ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

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