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Book Links: Return to Narnia | India’s ISBNs are a mess

How ebooks became totes uncool. (The Guardian) U.K. readers are abandoning ebooks at an alarming rate. (Good e-Reader) India's ISBN agency is a mess. (Publishing Perspectives) Johnny Depp says he spent $5 million shooting Hunter ... Read More »

April 28, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

2017 Canadian Authors for Indies highlights

By Becky Robertson

The third annual Canadian Authors for Indies takes place April 29 at 87 booksellers across the country. Authors will visit local stores to hand-sell titles, offer book recommendations, and participate in unique book-related events, such as scavenger hunts ... Read More »

April 27, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling, Events

Book Links: Barnes & Noble names fifth CEO in four years | Campus libraries trade books for study space

By Becky Robertson

Barnes & Noble names its fifth CEO in four years. (The New York Times) University libraries are swapping out tens of thousands of books for more study space. (Financial Review) Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me to ... Read More »

April 27, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Broken Pencil launches zine awards

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based zine and alternative culture magazine Broken Pencil has launched a new series of awards to recognize English-language zines from around the world. The BP Zine Awards will offer $2,000 in prize money across six ... Read More »

April 26, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Bryan Prince Bookseller offers desk space to local writers

By Becky Robertson

Bryan Prince Bookseller has added a creative new facet to the Hamilton store's reading-room programming: rentable workspaces for local writers. What the store has dubbed "Write Time" offers authors and academics a quiet place to work. ... Read More »

April 26, 2017 | Filed under: Bookselling

Book Links: Deciding when to sell out | Hillary wins! (in William Gibson’s next novel)

By Becky Robertson

Is The Handmaid's Tale is a feminist story or not? (Melville House) How misquotations are born. (The New York Times) William Gibson's next novel is set in a world where Hillary Clinton won the 2016 presidential election. ... Read More »

April 26, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Saskatchewan to reverse $4.8 million in cuts to libraries

By Becky Robertson

The Saskatchewan government has confirmed plans to restore the $4.8 million in funding it cut from the province's libraries in the 2017-2018 budget. Premier Brad Wall said in a statement on April 20 that the ... Read More »

April 26, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

Claudia Casper wins 2017 Philip K. Dick Award

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver author Claudia Casper's The Mercy Journals (Arsenal Pulp Press) has won her this year's 2017 Philip K. Dick Award, recognizing the best original science-fiction title published for the first time in the U.S. the ... Read More »

April 25, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Mona Awad, Gary Barwin among 70th annual Leacock Medal longlisters

By Becky Robertson

Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists Gary Barwin and Mona Awad have made the longlist for the 2017 Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. A panel of judges selected 11 titles from 68 submissions: John Armstrong, A Series ... Read More »

April 25, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Readers make books more interesting with murder | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author dies

By Becky Robertson

The Handmaid's Tale's message to conservative women. (New Republic) Readers make the first few lines of their favourite books a bit more interesting. (Bored Panda) Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer talk sci-fi on the day ... Read More »

April 25, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

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