Search Results by tag: Marvel

Punisher Frank Castle takes over Toronto’s Castle Frank

Castle Frank, a station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Bloor subway line is currently displaying a unique – and savvy – bit of PR for Netflix's latest comic-book-based superhero show. The station's platform posters currently ... Read More »

November 16, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

By Sue Carter

Well before the stinker 1986 movie Howard the Duck (and its perennial appearances on "worst movies ever" lists), the private-investigator fowl was a subversive Marvel comics character, with his first appearance going back to 1973. Originally ... Read More »

November 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Book links roundup: Carol Burnett gets book deal, Guardian’s hunt for a 10th title, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Carol Burnett to publish memoir about her daughter The Guardian seeks 10th title for First Book Award Which popular trilogy sold 10 million copies in six weeks? Marvel Comics plans wedding issue for gay superhero ... Read More »

May 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida libraries ban 50 Shades of Grey, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Study finds that fictional characters can influence real-life actions 50 Shades of Grey banned from Florida libraries One of Canada's largest used book sales gets underway this week Survey shows ebook popularity is higher among ... Read More »

May 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Book links roundup: Tamara Faith Berger’s provocative prose, Marvel Comics launches new imprint, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Tamara Faith Berger's new novel explores pornography, virginity, and literature Marvel Comics goes digital with new imprint ReEvolution What makes Times New Roman so popular among writers? The Guardian on the pleasure of rereading your favourite books Listen ... Read More »

April 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian Literary Prize, and more

By Sue Carter

Who will win CBC's CanLit Hunger Games? South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin becomes first woman to win Man Asian Literary Prize Censorship in publishing: more about money than ethics Toronto librarians accuse Toronto Public Library ... Read More »

March 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

By Steven W. Beattie

Poland's Wislawa Szymborska, the woman the Nobel Prize committee called the "Mozart of poetry," died in her hometown of Krakow on Wednesday. From the Washington Post: She has been called both deeply political and playful, ... Read More »

February 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Bloomsday celebrations, Asterix headaches, and more

By Sue Carter

Celebrate Bloomsday in eight different ways Asterix books contain over 700 traumatic brain injury victims T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land beats out Marvel comics and the Bible as the week's top-grossing iPad app Worldwide launch ... Read More »

June 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ruth Cavin, the “First Lady of Mysteries,” dies

By Steven W. Beattie

The Associated Press is reporting that Ruth Cavin, an editor at the Thomas Dunne Books imprint of St. Martin's Press in the U.S., has succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 92. Cavin was ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Unpublished Philip Larkin poem found in a shoebox

By Alina Seagal

An unpublished poem by Philip Larkin has been discovered 25 years after the British poet's death. A producer working on a documentary about Larkin's romantic relationship with his secretary, Betty Mackereth, spotted the poem, entitled ... Read More »

December 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Marvel

Punisher Frank Castle takes over Toronto’s Castle Frank

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

Book links roundup: Carol Burnett gets book deal, Guardian’s hunt for a 10th title, and more

Book links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida libraries ban 50 Shades of Grey, and more

Book links roundup: Tamara Faith Berger’s provocative prose, Marvel Comics launches new imprint, and more

Book links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian Literary Prize, and more

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

Book links round-up: Bloomsday celebrations, Asterix headaches, and more

Ruth Cavin, the “First Lady of Mysteries,” dies

Unpublished Philip Larkin poem found in a shoebox

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