Search Results by tag: internet
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 »
Random House to release YA novel by E.L. James's husband, Niall Leonard Small press publisher and author Stuart Ross calls out spoken-word community Martin Amis: a literary leader in Brooklyn Japanese Literary Publishing Project comes ... Read More »
June 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
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
It's like trying to cook when there are little children around. That's the assessment of one David Myers, a 53-year-old system administrator in Atlanta, regarding the experience of reading a book on the Kindle Fire. ... Read More »
March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
The rise of transgender children's literature The National Post explores legendary gay writers who changed America Is reading on a Kindle sacrilege? Author Lawrence Hill and musical group Nathaniel Dett Chorale combine The Book of ... Read More »
February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
The first full-service library branch in Vancouver's Riley Park and Little Mountain neighbourhoods opened last week, thanks to the city's Olympic legacy planning. Vancouver Public Library's new Terry Salman Branch is located in the Hillcrest ... Read More »
October 20, 2011 | Filed under: Libraries
Wattpad, the Toronto-based Internet company that allows readers and writers to connect and share their work online, has completed a new round of funding, including an investment from Union Square Ventures, the New York company ... Read More »
September 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
David Bowie's 1969 song Space Oddity isn't the most likely source for a children's book, given that its main character, Major Tom, ends up alone, stuck in space while floating in his tin can (also, ... Read More »
August 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Last week, the Internet behemoth Google launched its e-book sales site, Google eBooks, in the U.S. The e-book market is now crowded with offerings from Amazon, Kobo, Apple, and Sony, which in turn has spawned ... Read More »
Today's book news: Arthur Slade scores $25,000 with the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Mysterious Press to return via Grove Atlantic British government announces review of copyright laws to make them "fit for the Internet ... Read More »
November 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news