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Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

Toronto Public Library launches TTC book club London Book Fair's focus on China worrying to free speech activists PBS Newshour interviews attorney Steve Berman, lead counsel in the Apple ebook antitrust lawsuit Heather Reisman speaks to CBC ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Daniel Karasick wins CBC short story contest, Invisible Publishing prevails, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Daniel Karasik wins CBC short story prize, which includes $6,000, publication in enRoute magazine, and a two-week residency at the Banff Centre Invisible Publishing keeps on truckin' Prisons, cruise ships, safaris, scientific research stations, and ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian Literary Prize, and more

By Sue Carter

Who will win CBC's CanLit Hunger Games? South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin becomes first woman to win Man Asian Literary Prize Censorship in publishing: more about money than ethics Toronto librarians accuse Toronto Public Library ... Read More »

March 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica print edition gets axed, Timothy Taylor on self-promotion, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Encyclopaedia Britannica moves to digital only format after 244 years in print CBC Bookie Award nominee Timothy Taylor weighs the pros and cons of self-promotion Todd Babiak delivers a TED talk on his startup, Story ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Fire damages New Star Books offices: arson suspected

By Steven W. Beattie

The CBC is reporting that arson investigators are looking into a suspicious fire that damaged the East Vancouver offices of New Star Books. Sprinklers in the building contained the flames but the business suffered extensive ... Read More »

March 7, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction was awarded to Andrew Westoll for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery at a ceremony in Toronto this afternoon. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Video: Interview with Anne Rice

By Sue Carter

Anne Rice is bringing gothic back (Photo: Toronto Public Library) Anne Rice's appearance at the Toronto Reference Library on Feb. 13 was her first in the city in a decade, and judging by the size ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Valentine’s Day edition

By Sue Carter

Be my Valentine, just like in Game of Thrones British Library curator picks the 1o best love letters Tabatha Southey judges the top break-up tweets for CBC Books Celebrating man eaters, murderers, and other vile ... Read More »

February 14, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Kobo design update, writers favourite love poems, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Preview Kobo's next iOS app update The Guardian asks Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, and other writers to share their favourite love poems Despite tattooing the word "patience" on her body, novelist Stacey May Fowles can ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Police sketches of literary characters, Bookninja’s send-off, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The Atlantic on literary characters' police composite sketches The National Post bids farewell to Bookninja Hot off her CBC Canada Reads win Carmen Aguirre performs her one-woman show based on her memoir Something Fierce Extremely ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: CBC

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

Book links roundup: Daniel Karasick wins CBC short story contest, Invisible Publishing prevails, and more

Book links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian Literary Prize, and more

Book links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica print edition gets axed, Timothy Taylor on self-promotion, and more

Fire damages New Star Books offices: arson suspected

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

Video: Interview with Anne Rice

Book links roundup: Valentine’s Day edition

Book links roundup: Kobo design update, writers favourite love poems, and more

Book links roundup: Police sketches of literary characters, Bookninja’s send-off, and more

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