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Werner Herzog to adapt Vernon God Little, Twitter to host fiction festival, and more

Film director Werner Herzog to adapt DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little Twitter to host its first fiction festival in November Short list for Dylan Thomas Prize announced The fourth Self-Publishing Book Expo to take place ... Read More »

October 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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

Book links roundup: Emily Schultz on The Blondes, Ontario illustrator featured on Batman comic cover, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Emily Schultz talks beauty and violence in The Blondes Ontario illustrator Jason Fabok draws his way to the cover of DC Comics' Batman New book to "set the record straight" on the 2011 bin Laden ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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

By Sue Carter

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

Harlequin faces lawsuit for unpaid digital royalties

By Stuart Woods

It's fair to say that Harlequin, the world's leading romance publisher, has also been at the forefront of digital publishing, at least among mainstream publishers with a substantial print legacy. The Toronto-based company (it's owned ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Occupy Wall Street library reopens (briefly) in Zucotti Park

By Steven W. Beattie

While librarians in Canada's largest city were preparing for strike action that began this morning, in New York City's Zucotti Park, the Occupy Wall Street library briefly reopened over the weekend to mark the six-month ... Read More »

March 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Lytton’s had enough!

By Sara Forsyth

The winner of the 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the worst opening line of an imaginary novel was announced last week (the winner wrote something about passion in a New York City taxi). However, ... Read More »

August 19, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Opinion

Show fever becomes Web fever

By Leigh Anne Williams

As BookExpo America kicks off in New York City, the L.A. Times has a brief writeup on the U.S.'s annual convention and trade show. And it seems that publishers are going in with Web 2.0 ... Read More »

May 31, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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