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Book links roundup: Sony launches browser-based e-bookstore, Justice League film back on, and more

Sony's ebookstore now available through any Web browser Plans for Justice League film revived after Warner Bros. hires writer Will Beall IPG offers DRM-free option for publishers Kelley Armstrong and Bruce McDonald on fantasy and ... Read More »

June 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

D&Q dominates Doug Wright Award nominations

By Sue Carter

Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has secured five out of six nominations for the 2012 Doug Wright Award for Best Book, with veteran D&Q artists Joe Ollman, Chester Brown, and Seth competing against popular ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Bechdel and Delisle to headline Toronto Comic Arts Festival

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has released a partial guest list for this year's event, which takes place May 5“6 at the Toronto Reference Library. According to The Comics Reporter, headliners include Jeff Smith, Alison ... Read More »

January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

By Steven W. Beattie

Critic, gadfly, supporter of the Iraq war, misogynist, atheist. Christopher Hitchens was all these things. He was also one of the most erudite and plain-spoken writers of his day, possessed of intelligence, wit, and interests ... Read More »

December 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Tune into Jessica Westhead’s “Community”

By Sue Carter

WordFest, the Banff-Calgary international writers festival, kicks off today, and runs until Oct. 16. For those who can't make it in person, an online radio production of Jessica Westhead's short story "Community," from her 2011 ... Read More »

October 11, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Events

Kate Beaton wins Harvey Award

By Sue Carter

Canadian cartoonist Kate Beaton has won her first Harvey Award for her entertaining history webcomic Hark! A Vagrant. Beaton took home the prize for Best Online Comics Work, a category in which she was nominated ... Read More »

August 23, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Ottawa bibliophile helps tourists book their travel

By Steven W. Beattie

Nigel Beale is an Ottawa resident, broadcaster, and inveterate book lover. He is also the owner and publisher of a new website, Literary Tourist, intended to assist bibliophilic travellers wishing to locate and explore interesting ... Read More »

July 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Book biz roundup: Yann Martel calls it quits; HarperCollins “friends” teen talent; playwrights get a hand from Harold Pinter; and more

By Natalie Samson

Yann Martel, "tired of using books as political bullets and grenades," quits his book club Jeff Lemire, Kate Beaton, and Conundrum Press among nominees for Joe Shuster Awards HarperCollins to publish crowdsourced novel by teen ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: Google Editions ready for launch; new Oprah pick; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Google Editions finally ready to launch, says Washington Post Let the guessing begin: Oprah to announce new book club pick on Dec. 6 Judith Regan to look for "a funny guy" on ... Read More »

December 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New literary festival launches pan-Caribbean prize

By Stuart Woods

Authors of Caribbean descent, and fans of world literature, take note: there is a new literary festival taking place next year in Trinidad and Tobago that will celebrate writing from the region. The centrepiece of ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: BEA

Book links roundup: Sony launches browser-based e-bookstore, Justice League film back on, and more

D&Q dominates Doug Wright Award nominations

Bechdel and Delisle to headline Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

Tune into Jessica Westhead’s “Community”

Kate Beaton wins Harvey Award

Ottawa bibliophile helps tourists book their travel

Book biz roundup: Yann Martel calls it quits; HarperCollins “friends” teen talent; playwrights get a hand from Harold Pinter; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Google Editions ready for launch; new Oprah pick; and more

New literary festival launches pan-Caribbean prize

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