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Wade Davis wins Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

Wade Davis was awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for his book Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest (Vintage Canada) at an award ceremony in London, U.K., last ... Read More »

November 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

IFOA’s International Visitors Programme: the schmooze factor

By Cheri Hanson

Less than 24 hours into a September business trip to New York City, three people had already asked Iris Tupholme the same question: how could they land an invitation to the International Visitors (IV) Programme? ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Deals, Events

Harry Karlinsky’s Darwin novel longlisted for Wellcome Trust Book Prize

By Sue Carter

Vancouver psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky's debut novel, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects, has been nominated for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize longlist. The annual £25,000 prize is awarded to any book published in the U.K. that ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Michael Ondaatje shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize

By Katie Gowrie

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

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

By Natalie Samson

Publishers, authors, and booksellers "howl in outrage" at Pulitzer fiction snub What the Department of Justice antitrust suit will mean for ebook buyers Watch talks by Goodreads' Kyusik Chung, Geomentum's Liz Ross, and Evan Schnittman ... Read More »

April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Toronto Public Library launches TTC book club London Book Fair's focus on China worrying to free speech activists PBS Newshour interviews attorney Steve Berman, lead counsel in the Apple ebook antitrust lawsuit Heather Reisman speaks to CBC ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: David Foster Wallace’s unpublished scene, Christopher Hitchens up for Orwell Prize, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Unpublished new scene from David Foster Wallace's The Pale King Christopher Hitchens makes Orwell Prize longlist Writer Kelly Roman and artist Michael DeWeese draw blood for launch of their graphic novel The Art of War ... Read More »

March 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

By Steven W. Beattie

One of Canada's finest “ and arguably most underappreciated “ poets has died. Jay Macpherson, a professor at the University of Toronto who won the Governor General's Literary Award for her 1957 collection, The Boatman, ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Canada’s best-selling graphic novels, Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for Hachette, new Vonnegut e-single; and more

By Natalie Samson

Sequential lists 30 best-selling Canadian comics and graphic novels Evan Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for executive post at Hachette Does capitalism trounce freedom of expression at the London Book Fair? Unpublished Kurt Vonnegut novella, Basic Training, ... Read More »

March 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Author to spend six days in bookstore window

By Natalie Samson

Isabel Losada has just wrapped another day sitting in the window of a Parisian bookstore. That's four down and two to go for the U.K. author, who's in town to promote the release of the ... Read More »

March 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Bookselling

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Search Results by tag: London

Wade Davis wins Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

IFOA’s International Visitors Programme: the schmooze factor

Harry Karlinsky’s Darwin novel longlisted for Wellcome Trust Book Prize

Michael Ondaatje shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

Book links roundup: David Foster Wallace’s unpublished scene, Christopher Hitchens up for Orwell Prize, and more

Jay Macpherson: 1931-2012

Book links roundup: Canada’s best-selling graphic novels, Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for Hachette, new Vonnegut e-single; and more

Author to spend six days in bookstore window

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