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Michael Ondaatje shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Michael Ondaatje has been named a fiction finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for his novel The Cat's Table. The annual award, established in 2006 and based in the U.S., honours authors who have ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Penguin Canada to halt sales of Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine

By Sue Carter

In light of news that author Jonah Lehrer fabricated quotes in his bestseller, Imagine: The Science of Creativity, his U.S. publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, announced it is halting sales of the book. Lehrer's Canadian publisher, ... Read More »

July 31, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to file for Chapter 11

By Natalie Samson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has initiated bankruptcy proceedings, The New York Times reports. The Boston-based education and trade publisher will file for protection under Chapter 11 in order to wipe out a debt of approximately $3.1 ... Read More »

May 11, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

BookNet bestsellers: nature

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

This week's bestsellers list, which looks at the nature category, includes two titles from the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize shortlist. Andrew Westoll's The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (#20) might have been the big winner at ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

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Search Results by tag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Michael Ondaatje shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Penguin Canada to halt sales of Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to file for Chapter 11

BookNet bestsellers: nature

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