Michael Symmons Roberts wins U.K.'s Forward Prize for Poetry Peru hosts "Lucha Libro" literary wrestling Trailer for new ... Read More »
October 2, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
The Governor General's Literary Awards announced its 2013 finalists this morning, Mega-publisher Penguin Random House Canada has swept the fiction-category nominations, including a nod for first-time novelist Kenneth Bonert, whose book, The Lion Seeker, was ... Read More »
October 2, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Winnipeg writer James Scoles wins CBC Poetry Prize Amazon to hire 70,000 seasonal employees More than 34 million books ... Read More »
October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
HarperCollins has partnered with document-sharing website Scribd on a new ebook subscription service. Dubbed "Netflix for ebooks," subscribers pay $8.99 a month for the ability to check out an unlimited number of ebooks “ up ... Read More »
October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
The shortlist for the 17th* annual Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize was announced this morning at Ben McNally Books in Toronto. Three of the five shortlisted authors, including Giller nominees Lynn Coady and Lisa Moore, ... Read More »
September 30, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Temporary shutdown of U.S. government would render Library of Congress resources inaccessible Readers devastated as extracts from new Bridget Jones reveal death of Mr. Darcy Book Industry Study Group shifts focus from print to digital ... Read More »
September 30, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Apple invents ebook signing technology Sony will not offer new PRS-T3 e-reader in U.S. National Endowment for the Arts report reveals only 47 per cent of American adults read literature $1,200 book commemorates 60th anniversary ... Read More »
September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book links
Neil Turok and Helaine Becker have been awarded the 2012 Lane Anderson Award for excellence in Canadian science writing, winning $10,000 each. Turok, the director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physic, won for his ... Read More »
September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
The International Festival of Authors announced today that this year's recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize, worth $10,000, is Alice Munro. The perennial Nobel Prize contender will be honoured with the prize for her contributions ... Read More »
September 26, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
McGill University's Faculty of Arts has announced the six shortlisted books for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, the world's richest prize for historical non-fiction writing. The shortlist was elected from 116 international books in ... Read More »
September 26, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
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