Search Results by tag: Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize

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

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (7)

By Sue Carter

Lawrence Hill takes three spots on this week's list for Canadian fiction. For the two weeks ending July 8, 2012: 1. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje (Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307401427) 2. Room, Emma Donoghue ... Read More »

July 16, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (6)

By Katie Gowrie

Tanis Rideout makes her debut on this week's list with her first novel, Above All Things. For the two weeks ending June 24, 2012: 1. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje (Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307401427) ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

CBA announces Libris Award nominees

By Stuart Woods

The Canadian Booksellers Association has revealed the shortlists for this year's Libris Awards, which recognize literary achievement as well as behind-the-scenes contributions in the book industry, as voted on by independent booksellers. This year's awards ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (2)

By Sue Carter

Perennial favourites mix with new titles in this week's bestsellers list, covering Canadian fiction. For the two weeks ending March 18, 2012: 1. Flash and Bones, Kathy Reichs (Pocket/Simon & Schuster, $17 pa, 9781451675290) 2. ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest annual cultural festivals, has announced a rare appearance by Alice Munro, who will be interviewed onstage June 10 by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor for The New Yorker. Running from June ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Book links: Ondaatje nominated for L.A. Times Book Prize, DeLillo and Banks up for PEN/Faulkner, and more

By Sue Carter

Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table nominated for Los Angeles Times Book Prize Don DeLillo and Russell Banks among finalists for 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award The Order of the Stick Reprint Drive becomes first book project on ... Read More »

February 21, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

From the Q&Q archives: Ondaatje on a subway and other literary portraits

By Sue Carter

This week, Quillblog went back to March 1984, and discovered an article about Q&Q's collection of literary portraits, which had been recently purchased by the National Library of Canada. The 72 photographs, some of which ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Esi Edugyan's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel, Half-Blood Blues, remains on top of this week's Canadian fiction bestsellers' list. For the two weeks ending Jan. 22: 1. Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan (Thomas Allen Publishers, $24.95 pa, 9780887627415) 2. ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Toronto Public Library lists 2011’s most popular books, announces special guest for 2012

By Natalie Samson

The Grid has published a list of the most popular books at the Toronto Public Library in 2011. The number of holds placed by TPL patrons indicate that Toronto likes contemporary CanLit -- sorta. Canadian ... Read More »

December 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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