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Book Links: 2017 CBC Non-fiction Prize jury comprises Aguirre, Bidini, Gray; Grisham returns

CBC announces jury for 2017 Non-fiction Prize. (CBC Books) U.S. librarians teach youth about media literacy amid "fake news" talk. (The Seattle Times) Two new John Grisham thrillers slated for release this year. (Entertainment Weekly) ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

By Steven W. Beattie

Margaret Atwood, Gord Downie, Alanis Morissette, and Rosemary Sullivan are among more than 2,000 writers, musicians, and visual artists who have signed their names to an open letter asking the government to support the creative ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

YA author Norah McClintock has died

By Dory Cerny

Young-adult mystery author Norah McClintock has died following a nine-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Fellow author and long-time friend Frieda Wishinsky, who visited McClintock shortly before her death, announced the author's passing in a Facebook ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Industry news, People

Book Links: Protesters to bury non-reading Trump in books; Salman Rushdie gets political in new novel

By Becky Robertson

Protesters plan to "bury the White House in books" because Trump hates reading. (Huffington Post) New Salman Rushdie novel, taking up "truth, terror, and lies," due in September. (The Guardian) Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn on ... Read More »

February 7, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian libraries offer therapy lamps to combat SAD

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Public Library is the latest library system to offer therapy lamps for its patrons affected by seasonal affective disorder. A pilot project, which kicked off Feb. 6, features lamps at the TPL's Brentwood ... Read More »

February 7, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

City of Toronto launches My City, My Six flash fiction project

By Becky Robertson

The City of Toronto is playing on its nickname with a new participatory prose project called My City, My Six, which invites residents to share a six-word story in celebration of Canada's sesquicentennial. Six local ... Read More »

February 6, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: 12-year-old #1000BlackGirlBooks founder to write a book; Marie Kondo’s former agent looks to clean up

By Becky Robertson

12-year-old Marley Dias, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks project, to pen her own book. (The Cut) Literary agent who brought Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up to the U.S. alleges he was never paid. (New ... Read More »

February 6, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings, Feb. 6–12, 2017

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Kristine Scarrow: Launching the book If This is Home. McNally Robinson Books, 3130 8th St. E., Saskatoon. 7 p.m. Free TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Rowers Reading Series: With David Clink, Melanie Mah, Lana ... Read More »

February 6, 2017 | Filed under: Events

The Handmaid’s Tale returns to the bestsellers list, hits Super Bowl Sunday

By Sue Carter

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (McClelland & Stewart/Emblem) is once again a bestseller. BookNet Canada's sales-tracking service has the title, originally published in 1985, at No. 10 on this week's list for Canadian fiction. ... Read More »

February 3, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

B.C.-based ebook app Shelfie shuts down

By Becky Robertson

Shelfie, the Vancouver-based ebook bundling app formerly known as BitLit, announced on Jan. 30 that it would be shutting down servers – rendering the app unusable – the following day. The app was based on the premise ... Read More »

February 2, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

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