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Book Links: Obamas sign $60-million PRH deal; ebooks not catching on at airports

Obamas sign record $60-million book deal with Penguin Random House. (Los Angeles Times) Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen writing Trump's political memoir. (Entertainment Weekly) Japanese fans line up at midnight for new Haruki Murakami novel. (Japan ... Read More »

March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Making: Talonbooks revisits 1967 Montreal imagery for its reissue of Tremblay’s Notebook series

By Conan Tobias

Michel Tremblay’s Notebook trilogy, published between 2006 and 2009 by Talonbooks, is ripe for a sesquicentennial reissue. “We were thinking which of our backlist titles we should convert to ebooks,” says Chloë Filson, Talonbooks’s production ... Read More »

March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Book Links: Author of children’s books about tolerance detained at U.S. border; when literary awards are like the Oscars

By Becky Robertson

Australian children's author Mem Fox detained at U.S. airport on her way to give talk on importance of tolerance and acceptance. (The Washington Post) Trump's presidency has inspired renewed interest in dystopian fiction, but also ... Read More »

February 28, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Robert F. Worth wins Lionel Gelber Prize

By Sue Carter

American journalist Robert F. Worth has won the Lionel Gelber Prize for A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). The $15,000 annual award, presented to ... Read More »

February 28, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Deborah Campbell wins Freedom to Read Award

By Becky Robertson

Journalist Deborah Campbell is the winner of this year's Freedom to Read Award. The prize is administered by the Writers' Union of Canada in honour of Freedom to Read Week, which runs Feb. 26–March 4. ... Read More »

February 27, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Literary event listings: Feb. 27–March 5, 2017

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 André Pratte and Jonathan Kay: Discussing the book Legacy. Massey College, University of Toronto, 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto. 7:30 p.m. Free Emma Richler and Emily Saso: Each author will give a short ... Read More »

February 27, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Book Links: Nova Scotia’s real-life Book of Negroes; Arrival writer to create comic series

By Becky Robertson

Nova Scotia offers the real Book of Negroes on open data portal. (Metro) Arrival writer Eric Heisserer's forthcoming comic series. (MashReads) World's largest textbook publisher, Pearson, reports its biggest loss ever. (Good E-Reader) Twenty-four-year-old crowdfunds ... Read More »

February 27, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

The Puritan co-founders hand over editorial management to new directorial team

By Sue Carter

Spencer Gordon and Tyler Willis, co-founders and editors of The Puritan, are stepping down from the Toronto-based literary journal they founded in 2006. In a letter on The Puritan's website, they write, "It’s been a ... Read More »

February 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Cleaver Award shortlist honours 2016’s best picture-book illustrations

By Sue Carter

Groundwood Books dominates this year's list of finalists for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, which honours illustrations that demonstrate the "synergy between art and text, visual storytelling, artistic originality, and design." The five ... Read More »

February 23, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Roxane Gay’s Toronto Public Library talk sells out immediately; “will try to set up a second event”

By Sue Carter

Tickets for Roxane Gay's free Toronto Public Library talk sold out in seconds, but the author has promised on Twitter that she "will try to set up a second event for that week." Gay is ... Read More »

February 23, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Libraries

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Book Links: Obamas sign $60-million PRH deal; ebooks not catching on at airports

Book Making: Talonbooks revisits 1967 Montreal imagery for its reissue of Tremblay’s Notebook series

Book Links: Author of children’s books about tolerance detained at U.S. border; when literary awards are like the Oscars

Robert F. Worth wins Lionel Gelber Prize

Deborah Campbell wins Freedom to Read Award

Literary event listings: Feb. 27–March 5, 2017

Book Links: Nova Scotia’s real-life Book of Negroes; Arrival writer to create comic series

The Puritan co-founders hand over editorial management to new directorial team

Cleaver Award shortlist honours 2016’s best picture-book illustrations

Roxane Gay’s Toronto Public Library talk sells out immediately; “will try to set up a second event”

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