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Q&A: talking swimming and the Olympics with author Leanne Shapton

As a youth, Toronto-born author and illustrator Leanne Shapton was a dedicated competitive swimmer, at one time ranking eighth in Canada. She competed in two Olympic trials (1988, 1992), but narrowly missed qualifying. In her ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Book links roundup: The Lorax loves SUVs, Slate introduces book review section, and more

By Sue Carter

Happy birthday Dr. Suess: The Lorax film promotion replaces Truffula trees with SUVs Slate introduces monthly review section, tripling its books coverage Nieman Journalism Lab puts the spotlight on the National Post's ebook program O'Reilly Media ... Read More »

March 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Transgender children’s books, famous gay writers, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The rise of transgender children's literature The National Post explores legendary gay writers who changed America Is reading on a Kindle sacrilege? Author Lawrence Hill and musical group Nathaniel Dett Chorale combine The Book of ... Read More »

February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Police sketches of literary characters, Bookninja’s send-off, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The Atlantic on literary characters' police composite sketches The National Post bids farewell to Bookninja Hot off her CBC Canada Reads win Carmen Aguirre performs her one-woman show based on her memoir Something Fierce Extremely ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: a guide to literary Tumblrs, unemployment literature, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

A guide to literary Tumblrs Grim economic times inspire unemployment literature Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ... Read More »

February 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

U.S. literary journals thrive with low overhead and dedicated audiences

By Sue Carter

A couple of weeks ago poet Michael Lista got the attention of the publishing Twitterverse with his National Post essay Why literary magazines should fold. Now, we don't need another American TV sitcom to point ... Read More »

April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

By Natalie Samson

Last week, the National Post's Mark Medley wrote a piece about his ever-expanding book collection and the difficulty he has lightening his load by even a single volume. "I am a book hoarder," he says. ... Read More »

March 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: the latest links

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Toronto novelist Stephen Marche takes on Snooki in the National Post Canadian Manda Group, the Canadian sales agent for Guinness World Records, sets a new record for duct-taping a ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Peter Robinson wins $10,000 Harbourfront prize

By Scott MacDonald

The International Festival of Authors announced today that mystery author Peter Robinson is this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize, "based on the merits of his own published work and the time he ... Read More »

September 22, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Atwood-bashing begins over “Fox News North”

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood is once again lending her name to a worthy cause, and like her support for the environment, brown-bag lunches, and stay-at-home book tours, the celebrated novelist's actions have generated some mild controversy in ... Read More »

September 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: National Post

Q&A: talking swimming and the Olympics with author Leanne Shapton

Book links roundup: The Lorax loves SUVs, Slate introduces book review section, and more

Book links roundup: Transgender children’s books, famous gay writers, and more

Book links roundup: Police sketches of literary characters, Bookninja’s send-off, and more

Book links roundup: a guide to literary Tumblrs, unemployment literature, and more

U.S. literary journals thrive with low overhead and dedicated audiences

Bibliomania and the not-so-light side of book hoarding

Book biz round-up: the latest links

Peter Robinson wins $10,000 Harbourfront prize

Atwood-bashing begins over “Fox News North”

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