Search Results by tag: Lost

Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

Lost Katherine Mansfield short story discovered Kate Beaton's observations on the world we live in Random House to establish ebook distribution service Brazilian author Vanessa de Oliviera makes nude protest against book piracy Ten years ... Read More »

July 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian literary event roundup: June 8-14

By Katie Gowrie

Patrick deWitt signing for Ablutions, Indigo Eaton Centre, Toronto (June 8, 12 p.m., free) The Adventure of the Process": The Writer's Guild of Alberta Conference and Alberta Book Awards Gala, Hotel Arts, Calgary (June 8“10, ... Read More »

June 8, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Book links roundup: Mad Men’s literary leanings, Pottermore opens its ebook shop, and more

By Sue Carter

Is Mad Men the most literary show on TV? The Globe and Mail's John Doyle thinks it replaces the novel in terms of cultural significance Harry Potter ebooks now available in Canada for the Sony ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: World Book Day, Apple launches comics iBookstore section, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

UNESCO celebrates reading, writers, and illustrators with World Book Day Apple launches comics and graphic novel section in the iBookstore Acorn media to control Agatha Christie's literary estate The rise of little libraries, DIY reading ... Read More »

March 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

BookNet bestsellers: romance

By Natalie Samson

Revving up for Valentine's Day? One of these best-selling romance titles may be just what Cupid ordered. For the two weeks ending Feb. 5: 1. The Next Always, Nora Roberts (Penguin, $18.50 pa, 9780425243213) 2. ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

By Stuart Woods

Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

Novelist Gil Courtemanche succumbs to cancer

By Steven W. Beattie

Gil Courtemanche, the journalist and novelist whose best-selling 2000 novel about the Rwandan genocide, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, was made into a movie in 2006, lost a two-year battle with cancer of ... Read More »

August 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: the Nabokovia butterfly, literary bandits, and more

By Jason Spencer

Patti Smith to collaborate with playwright John Logan on screenplay of her memoir Just Kids Odd things named after writers After five decades, a book of lost Dr. Seuss stories to hit shelves this September Rare book ... Read More »

August 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

2011 ReLit longlist revealed

By Sue Carter

The very long list of nominees for the 2011 ReLit Awards, which celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses, has been announced. ECW Press leads this year's longlist with nine ... Read More »

August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest