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Alice Munro’s “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” to be adapted for screen

Actors Kristen Wiig, Hailee Steinfeld, Guy Pearce, and Nick Nolte have signed on to star in the indie film Hateship, Friendship based on Alice Munro's short story "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage." The screenplay was ... Read More »

October 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Werner Herzog to adapt Vernon God Little, Twitter to host fiction festival, and more

By Safa Jinje

Film director Werner Herzog to adapt DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little Twitter to host its first fiction festival in November Short list for Dylan Thomas Prize announced The fourth Self-Publishing Book Expo to take place ... Read More »

October 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Shelagh Rogers’ multimedia Northwords project brings city-dwelling authors out of their comfort zone

By Matt Semansky

Led by CBC Radio's Shelagh Rogers, five urban Canadian authors spent a week writing and observing life in Northern Labrador. Northwords, a documentary that captures their experiences, is screening at IFOA, Oct. 20 at 2 ... Read More »

October 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul

By Stuart Woods

What does a major publishing house look like in the digital age? Random House of Canada has offered one answer with today's launch of a multifaceted digital strategy that includes an online magazine (known as ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

By Steven W. Beattie

The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »

August 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Book links roundup: Beautiful Disaster film finds studio, Fifty Shades outsells Harry Potter, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Warner Bros. wins bidding war for film rights to Jamie McGuire's YA novel Beautiful Disaster Fifty Shades series outsells Harry Potter on Amazon U.K. Bodleian Library attempts to put first collected edition of Shakespearean plays ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Lost Katherine Mansfield short story discovered Kate Beaton's observations on the world we live in Random House to establish ebook distribution service Brazilian author Vanessa de Oliviera makes nude protest against book piracy Ten years ... Read More »

July 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

ECW Press launches pop culture series

By Sue Carter

When U.K. publisher Continuum put out a call for its popular 33 1/3 music-essay series earlier this year, it received 471 submissions. Judging from that number, Toronto's ECW Press will have no problems finding people ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Book links roundup: Winnipeg comedian’s Shades of Grey parody takes off, Target discontinues selling Kobo Touch, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Winnipeg comedian Ryan McMahon's tweeted novel Powwow Shades of Grey is taking off Target no longer carries the Kobo Touch Vanity Fair publishes Christopher Hitchens' foreword to George Orwell's diaries Peter Jackson tells Comic-Con audience ... Read More »

July 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Kobo to launch in Japan, Rotimi Babatunde wins Caine Prize for African writing, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo to launch in Japan this month The Caine Prize for African writing goes to Rotimi Babatunde Little, Brown releases cover design for J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to publish ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: film

Alice Munro’s “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” to be adapted for screen

Werner Herzog to adapt Vernon God Little, Twitter to host fiction festival, and more

Shelagh Rogers’ multimedia Northwords project brings city-dwelling authors out of their comfort zone

Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

Book links roundup: Beautiful Disaster film finds studio, Fifty Shades outsells Harry Potter, and more

Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

ECW Press launches pop culture series

Book links roundup: Winnipeg comedian’s Shades of Grey parody takes off, Target discontinues selling Kobo Touch, and more

Book links roundup: Kobo to launch in Japan, Rotimi Babatunde wins Caine Prize for African writing, and more

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