Search Results by tag: Jim McDowell

Newfoundland’s Heritage and History Book Awards nominees announced

The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has announced the finalists for the 2013 Heritage and History Book Awards in the categories of non-fiction and poetry. The awards, which honour works that "exemplify excellence in ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Authors lose out in Google Books ruling

By Stuart Woods

After a lengthy legal battle lasting the better part of a decade, the lawsuit against Google's massive book-scanning project has been dismissed by a New York court. U.S. circuit judge Denny Chin ruled against a ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Diet book author in custody over false claims, USPS designs Harry Potter stamps, and more

By Becky Robertson

Author Kevin Trudeau found guilty of criminal contempt regarding diet book U.S. Postal Service designs 20 Harry Potter inspired stamps The enduring popularity of long fiction Fifty Shades of Grey film release deferred to Valentine's ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Graeme Smith’s war memoir wins Weston Prize

By Stuart Woods

Former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Graeme Smith has won the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction for The Dogs Are Eating Them, a searing memoir about his time covering the Afghanistan war ... Read More »

October 22, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

New B.C. scholarly book prize shortlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

Sandra Djwa didn't win the Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction, but a week later her book, Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page (McGill-Queen's University Press), is up for another award, alongside Derek ... Read More »

March 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

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