Search Results by tag: Japan

Daily links round-up: Google deal aftermath, Lindle lives, and more

The rejected Google deal settlement: what does the rejection really mean? One day after Amazon cut off Lindle's access to its e-book databases, the e-book lender is back up and running Nino Ricci's concern for ... Read More »

March 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: e-readers read you; manga crackdown; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Your e-reader knows too much Oprah's Dickens picks not flying off shelves Sorry boys: Japanese cracking down on ... Read More »

December 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Anosh Irani novel longlisted for Man Asian prize

By Steven W. Beattie

Montreal resident Miguel Syjuco shot to literary prominence in 2009, when his then-unpublished manuscript, Ilustrado, won the Man Asian Literary Prize. This year's longlist has been announced, and another Canadian resident “ Anosh Irani “ ... Read More »

December 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

New online writing community geared toward teens

By Steven W. Beattie

Parents and educators spend a lot of time, and spill a lot of ink, debating how to get teenagers interested in reading. Anyone who stops to think about the phenomenal success of Stephenie Meyers' Twilight ... Read More »

December 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: Kindle no good for poetry; who do you write like?; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Breezy links for a light news day: Japanese author to release latest novel exclusively through iPad Poetry sucks on the Kindle Video: Old Spice guy digs libraries Salon's Laura Miller digs Shirley Jackson Homes of ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

BookNet Canada Tech Forum round-up: pirates, pricing, and social media

By Laura Godfrey

This year's BookNet Canada Technology Forum “ or gathering of beautiful nerds, as Soft Skull Press founder Richard Nash called it “ took place on March 25 at Toronto's MaRS Centre, and involved about 200 ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Librarian songs, Apple-themed poetry, and more

By Laura Godfrey

From today's Web, some literary links for your perusal: Galleycat reveals that the book Deep River, by Japanese author Shusaku Endo, will play a role in an upcoming episode of Lost's final season Flavorwire compiles ... Read More »

January 26, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Murakami’s new book arrives shrouded in mystery, and weighing a ton

By Suzanne Gardner

Haruki Murakami's first novel in five years, a two-volume work called 1Q84, arrived in Japan's bookstores today. The plot details of the work have been kept tightly under wraps by both the author and his ... Read More »

May 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: 1,000 novels everyone must read, toilet poems, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The Guardian has created a list of 1000 novels everyone must read, broken down into categories like comedy, crime, family and self, and state of the nation. In considering the list, Stuart Walton wonders whether ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Haruki Murakami on translation

By Nathan Whitlock

Mainichi Daily News “ yes, we read 'em all “ has an interview with novelist Haruki Murakami on the recent work he's done translating some classic American novels into Japanese: Over the past few years, ... Read More »

May 27, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

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