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Book Links: Belgian company buys Moleskine stake; Kobo expands to Taiwan

Portland feminist bookstore cuts ties with Portlandia. (Melville House) Sci-fi authors band together for mental illness awareness. (HoldOnToTheLight) Belgian company buys 41 per cent of Moleskine. (Reuters) What R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series can teach about producing good ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings, Oct. 3–9, 2016

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 Elise Moser and Alice Zorn: Launching their books Five Roses and What Milly Did. 251 Bar Palco, 4109 Wellington, Montreal. 6 p.m. Richard Scarsbrook: Launching his new book, Rockets Versus Gravity. Gladstone Hotel, ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Events

Book Making: Anne Carson’s new collection waves off conventional book packaging

By Sue Carter

It's always something of a challenge to define the work of Anne Carson, and with her new collection, Float (published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart), the Canadian-born poet makes even the conventions of the ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Bookselling

Awards: Sigal Samuel among 2016 Canadian Jewish Literary Award winners

By Becky Robertson

The winners of this year's Canadian Jewish Literary Awards were announced on Sept. 29. Winners in eight categories were chosen from a list of 60 submitted works. Judges included authors Edward Trapunski‚ Michael Posner‚ and Lesley Simpson‚ ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Martin, Apple partnering on Game of Thrones ebooks; when Oz was banned

By Becky Robertson

New York Times review of new Hitler biography is one big subtweet about Donald Trump. (The Huffington Post) Trump-supporting Internet trolls sabotage Goodreads. (Flavorwire) George R.R. Martin teams with Apple for enhanced Game of Thrones ebooks. ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Personal Essay: Finding inspiration as a Canadian expat in Hong Kong

By Q&Q Staff

When my husband, a management consultant, was transferred to Hong Kong in 2000, I placed my job as a psychiatric emergency-room nurse on hold and packed up the house. And moved. For two years. To ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion, Writing life

Book Links: Atwood and Donoghue make HR’s most powerful authors list; Google uses books for AI development

By Becky Robertson

The Hollywood Reporter's most powerful authors list includes Canadians Margaret Atwood and Emma Donoghue. (The Hollywood Reporter) Authors protest Google's use of their novels to develop artificial-intelligence technologies. (The Guardian) Toronto and Vancouver added to ... Read More »

September 28, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Penguin Random House Canada titles sweep Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

For the second year in a row, a photo puzzle was hand-delivered to the publishing imprints with titles nominated for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction. This morning, however, there was only one ... Read More »

September 28, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Literary-minded installations to check out at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche

By Becky Robertson

Nuit Blanche‚ Toronto's massive annual overnight art show that draws an estimated one million-plus people each year‚ is taking place at locations across the city, starting at sundown on Oct. 1 until sunrise on Oct. ... Read More »

September 27, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture, Events

Book Links: Tracking banned books over the years; Clinton and Trump‚ the Victorian novel; Harambe isn’t a Potter patronus

By Becky Robertson

From Harry Potter to Fifty Shades, what the annual list of top banned books reveals about our society (Time) On last night's U.S. presidential debates: The king of horror writing on the horror of a ... Read More »

September 27, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Belgian company buys Moleskine stake; Kobo expands to Taiwan

Literary event listings, Oct. 3–9, 2016

Book Making: Anne Carson’s new collection waves off conventional book packaging

Awards: Sigal Samuel among 2016 Canadian Jewish Literary Award winners

Book Links: Martin, Apple partnering on Game of Thrones ebooks; when Oz was banned

Personal Essay: Finding inspiration as a Canadian expat in Hong Kong

Book Links: Atwood and Donoghue make HR’s most powerful authors list; Google uses books for AI development

Penguin Random House Canada titles sweep Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize shortlist

Literary-minded installations to check out at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche

Book Links: Tracking banned books over the years; Clinton and Trump‚ the Victorian novel; Harambe isn’t a Potter patronus

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