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Q&A: Kids in the Hall’s Bruce McCulloch on being a young, drunk punk

It’s been a rich season for Can-comedy titles, with memoirs from SCTV’s Andrea Martin and Martin Short, and now Kids in the Hall’s Bruce McCulloch. Let’s Start a Riot: How a Young Drunk Punk Became ... Read More »

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

National book count tallies Canadians’ love of reading

By Stuart Woods

Canadians love to read, and now we have the numbers to prove it. For the second year in a row, the literacy advocacy coalition known as the National Reading Council has tallied book sales and ... Read More »

February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

The Simpsons: lexicographical gatekeepers

By Steven W. Beattie

Further to the previous post, it appears that the Simpsons are hard at work defending the English language, not just by getting new words inserted into the dictionary, but by highlighting words that have been ... Read More »

November 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Lessons from Jeff Bezos

By Sara Forsyth

The McSweeney's blog recently posted a "short imagined monologue" from the mind of Jeff Bezos (as imagined by contributor Evan Johnston). We meet Bezos in the waiting room at his doctor's office, where he's waiting ... Read More »

August 6, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The science of book rot

By Cassandra Drudi

An Associated Press story in The Washington Post reports that a biologist has discovered a new way to date books, a fact that is sure to get fraudsters quaking in their boots and antique book ... Read More »

June 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Cops think library's torched gay books section a possible hate crime

By Cassandra Drudi

Okay: how hideous do you have to be to set a library on fire?I mean, yikes. The library is one of the holies of holies! (Okay, we're a little biased, but...)Last week, Chicago's ABC7 reports, ... Read More »

June 21, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Authors shouldn't just make things up

By Cassandra Drudi

While newspaper journalists can make stuff up and fling accusations with glee, book authors must be taken to task when it comes to The Facts, apparently. The Guardian reports that ex-policeman Michael Charman is suing ... Read More »

June 20, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Fave novels: women dig the classics, while men are stuck in puberty

By Cassandra Drudi

Bookninja links to online magazine Reason's article about a "Favourite novel?" survey of hundreds of people and, while the ladies books were somewhat of a yawnfest with predictable picks like Jane Eyre, Gone With the ... Read More »

June 15, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Poetry book launched atop Mt. Everest

By Cassandra Drudi

Publishers can be counted on to come up with some pretty gimmicky promotional stunts every once in a while, but few can reach the go-big-or-go-home moxie of Shuvatara International School English Department head Wangdi Gyalpo, ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Fox and HarperCollins consummate relationship today

By Cassandra Drudi

According to a New York Times article published today, the big 'n scary -- and appropriately vaguely-named -- media conglomerate News Corporation is mating two of the most prized members of its stable today -- ... Read More »

May 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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