Search Results by tag: Governor General's Literary Awards

Farewell to “punk rock poet” Jim Carroll and mystery writer Lyn Hamilton

Canadian mystery writer Lyn Hamilton passed away last Thursday at the age of 65. The Toronto-based writer, who was known for Chinese Alchemist, The Xibalba Murders and her globe-trotting heroine Lara McClintoch, died of cancer. According ... Read More »

September 15, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Libraries

Kenneth Oppel in outer space

By Stuart Woods

The 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing may be grabbing all the headlines today, so it's easy to overlook a bookish footnote to the historic milestone. According to a press release from the Canada ... Read More »

July 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Poplak and more in the May Q&Q

By Stuart Woods

Jet-setting author Richard Poplak travelled to 17 different countries to research his latest book, which looks at the influence of American pop culture in the Muslim world, and he's Q&Q's cover subject in the May ... Read More »

May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Notes from BNC’s tech forum

By Stuart Woods

About 225 industry people crowded into a Toronto conference room on Thursday for BookNet Canada's annual technology forum. The theme of this year's conference was evolution or revolution, though most of the speakers seemed to ... Read More »

March 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

By Steven W. Beattie

In preparation for tomorrow's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala award ceremony, the National Post has recruited a cadre of industry insiders, authors, and commentators for a special online roundtable about literary awards and their effects on ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Books in stereo

By Scott MacDonald

We're not sure if this is 100% accurate, but the Fox Business website is claiming that a new book “ The Book of 'Bert': High-Class Stars with Some High-Class 'Stache “ is the first book ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Win an award. Sell some books?

By Scott MacDonald

We all know that Gillers and Governor General's Awards are boons for book sales in Canada. A book gets shortlisted, and its sales go up. A book wins, and its sales go up even further. ... Read More »

November 8, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling

May the coverage begin

By Scott MacDonald

It's only two days after the Governor General's Awards shortlists were announced, and media coverage has already been plentiful. The Toronto Star's Philip Marchand weighs in on the lack of overlap between this year's GG ... Read More »

October 19, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Governor General's Literary Awards

Farewell to “punk rock poet” Jim Carroll and mystery writer Lyn Hamilton

Kenneth Oppel in outer space

Richard Poplak and more in the May Q&Q

Notes from BNC’s tech forum

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

Books in stereo

Win an award. Sell some books?

May the coverage begin

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