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Harrowsmith’s Truly Canadian Almanac returns under new publisher

Harrowsmith's Truly Canadian Almanac has returned under the direction of a new publisher, Toronto-based Moongate Publishing. Moongate, a communications company that specializes in custom content, branding, and strategic communication, was formed by former Harrowsmith employees ... Read More »

November 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Shit Girls Say scores book deal with Harlequin

By Sue Carter

Following in the footsteps of Justin Halpern's Shit My Dad Says, the popular Twitter feed and YouTube series Shit Girls Say is the latest Internet meme to be turned into a book. Created by Toronto ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Author to spend six days in bookstore window

By Natalie Samson

Isabel Losada has just wrapped another day sitting in the window of a Parisian bookstore. That's four down and two to go for the U.K. author, who's in town to promote the release of the ... Read More »

March 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Bookselling

Book links roundup: Trillium Award reading series, unconventional publishers, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Trillium Book Award launches a new reading series to celebrate its silver anniversary The Guardian profiles unconventional publishers Alex Epstein publishes short story collection as a Facebook photo album Original Charlotte's Web illustrations by Garth Williams Amanda ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Kobo Pulse gets to the heart of “social in-book e-reading”

By Sue Carter

Kobo has released more details about Kobo Pulse, its new "social in-book e-reading experience" Essentially a social media tool, Kobo Pulse will allow Kobo users to connect with other people reading the same book, comment ... Read More »

September 27, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Kobo Reading Life and Facebook partner for “frictionless” social e-reading

By Sue Carter

Soon Facebook users won't have to click a button to tell their friends what they're reading. Yesterday at F8, Facebook's annual developers conference, Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis announced that its e-reading app, Kobo Reading Life, ... Read More »

September 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Anansi puts Rob Ford on a streetcar

By Sue Carter

When House of Anansi Press was strategizing its marketing campaign for The Little Book of Rob Ford, a collection of quips, quotes, and colourful comments from Toronto's mayor, it took a more subtle approach than ... Read More »

April 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

By Natalie Samson

Last week, the National Post's Mark Medley wrote a piece about his ever-expanding book collection and the difficulty he has lightening his load by even a single volume. "I am a book hoarder," he says. ... Read More »

March 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: turning poetry into e-books, and more

By Sue Carter

Breaking lines: the challenges of translating poetry collections into e-books British children's fantasy and sci-fi author Dianne Wynne Jones has died Muggles can now rent Harry Potter films through Facebook, but still no word of ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Jacob Scheier’s first rule of awards controversies: don’t talk about awards controversies

By Scott MacDonald

Governor General's Literary Award“winning poet Jacob Scheier has weighed in on the Ali Smith/Giller Prize controversy on Now Magazine's website. As you may recall, Scheier himself was at the centre of an awards scandal after ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

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