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Hope for school libraries (in Ontario, anyway)

Heather Reisman can take a bow today. The Indigo CEO appears to have shamed Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty into promising a major funding boost for the province's cash-starved school library system. As The Globe and ... Read More »

September 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Mulroney and O.J.: Bad company

By Nathan Whitlock

Wondering just who is buying O.J. Simpson's controversial book If I Did It, now being published by the Goldman family? There was a clue to be found on Amazon.ca today. The website noted that "Customers ... Read More »

September 19, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Cherie Blair's story

By Nathan Whitlock

Cherie Blair, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, has signed a deal with Little, Brown to publish a memoir, The Guardian reports. Cherie Blair: The Autobiography will be "a warm, intimate and often ... Read More »

September 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harper's gift to Australia

By Nathan Whitlock

Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a rare and very apt gift to give to the Australian people yesterday during his official visit Down Under, The Globe and Mail reports. This spring, a rare books specialist ... Read More »

September 12, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Naomi Klein's "fevered" prose

By Stuart Woods

In case you haven't noticed, Naomi Klein's new book, The Shock Doctrine, tends to divide critics and political pundits into two camps: those who support her contentious thesis – basically, that Chicago School neoliberals capitalize ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Opinion

You can't take it with you

By Nathan Whitlock

Alastair Campbell's memoir The Blair Years, about his work as communications chief for former British prime minister Tony Blair, has topped a list he would probably rather it hadn't. The hotel chain Travelodge reports that ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Residential school reading

By Nathan Whitlock

Monday was the deadline for former students of native residential schools to opt out of a $2-billion compensation package offered by the federal government for abuses they suffered while attending the schools. (Accepting compensation means ... Read More »

August 22, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

By Nathan Whitlock

Yesterday's cabinet shuffle in Stephen Harper's government included moving Josee Verner into Bev Oda's position as minister of Canadian Heritage. Verner, who was first elected in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2006, was ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

U.S. sanctions stall preservation of Hemingway's home

By Nathan Whitlock

U.S. sanctions against Cuba are hindering efforts to restore Ernest Hemingway's home there, The Guardian reports. His Cuban estate, known as Finca Vigia (Lookout Farm), is already a museum that has been partially restored with ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

By Nathan Whitlock

Liberal party leader Stephane Dion met with a few Canadian writers last week at the Drake Hotel in Toronto and promised that a Liberal government would restore the $11.8-million in public diplomacy funding cut from ... Read More »

July 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: Politics

Hope for school libraries (in Ontario, anyway)

Mulroney and O.J.: Bad company

Cherie Blair's story

Harper's gift to Australia

Naomi Klein's "fevered" prose

You can't take it with you

Residential school reading

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

U.S. sanctions stall preservation of Hemingway's home

Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

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