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The stereotype has it that England is filled with recondite literati ensconced in mahogany-lined libraries reading leather-bound volumes of Romantic poetry and plump Victorian novels. This as compared to the beer-swilling philistines in America, gorging ... Read More »

The last time this Quillblogger recalls fans lining up for a book release there was a teenage wizard involved. Certainly nowhere in North America could readers be expected to queue up for a 602-page instalment ... Read More »
April 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

According to a report in the Toronto Star, the Toronto Public Library had its best year ever last year in terms of patron usage. Library users checked out more than 31 million items (books, magazines, ... Read More »
January 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookish links from around the Web: Douglas Coupland really wants you to name his new Toronto park, and Scott Feschuk wants you to name his dog J.K. Rowling is now on Twitter, The Huffington Post reports, ... Read More »
September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »
September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Last week, when Amazon trumpeted the news that first-day Kindle sales for Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol were actually higher than print sales, pundits predictably went to town with the usual "death of the book" ... Read More »
September 23, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Sundry links from around the Web: In honour of Leonard Cohen's 75th birthday yesterday, 1 Heck of a Guy comes up with an incomplete list of Cohen's many nicknames. Quillblog favourites: #22: Master of the ... Read More »

Sundry links from around the Web: Did Ingram accidentally leak the next Oprah book club pick? (By the way, it's Uwem Akpan's short story collection Say You're One of Them) Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol ... Read More »
September 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Sundry links from around the Web: Is this the end of the Free Library of Philadelphia?: all free libraries in the city of brotherly love could close on Oct. 2 Dan Brown's latest literary endeavour hits shelves ... Read More »

Sundry links from around the Web: "Author whose books are most likely to be found in Oxfam's secondhand charity shops" is probably not the recognition Dan Brown was hoping for Crayola presents kids' author Eric ... Read More »
August 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book links