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BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

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 Board balks at 10 per cent budget cut

By Natalie Samson

Last night, in its final meeting of the year, the Toronto Public Library Board approved a cut of 5.9 per cent to its 2012 operating budget. The 2012 budget now stands at just over $164 ... Read More »

December 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Room audiobook narrator Michal Friedman dies

By Sue Carter

Michal Friedman, a New York“based actor and singer whose career included vocal work for several audiobooks, died on Nov. 25, from complications related to a Cesarean section after giving birth to healthy twins. Most recently, ... Read More »

December 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include teaching your kids classic Canadian songs and Movember grooming advice. Thirteen great songs every Canadian ... Read More »

November 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

CLA kicks off Canadian Library Month

By Natalie Samson

The Canadian Library Association kicked off Canadian Library Month on Tuesday. Throughout the month of October, libraries across the country will host events to raise awareness about the importance of libraries in the nation's communities. ... Read More »

October 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Toronto mayor Rob Ford knows lots of B words

By Sue Carter

Although Margaret Atwood didn't attend Thursday night's marathon Toronto city council executive meeting to address the city's budget deliberations, she was there in spirit and in swag (scroll down the Torontoist's impressive live blog to ... Read More »

July 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Governor General’s Award winner Gloria Sawai dies at 78

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog was saddened to learn of the death of Gloria Sawai last Wednesday. The Alberta writer, whose single book, the short-story collection A Song for Nettie Johnson, beat out Carol Shields' Unless and Wayne Johnston's ... Read More »

July 25, 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

S&S asks political commentators to “refrain from commenting” on Obama novel

By Natalie Samson

O: A Presidential Novel, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster, has generated a lot of buzz around the identity of its anonymous author “ perhaps too much buzz as far as the publisher is concerned. According ... Read More »

January 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Vonnegut, Jr. memorial library opens in Indianapolis

By Steven W. Beattie

When Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died in 2007, American literature lost one of its most idiosyncratic and beloved voices. That voice is now being honoured with a new library in the author's hometown of Indianapolis. The ... Read More »

November 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: Room

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

Toronto Public Library Board balks at 10 per cent budget cut

Room audiobook narrator Michal Friedman dies

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

CLA kicks off Canadian Library Month

Toronto mayor Rob Ford knows lots of B words

Governor General’s Award winner Gloria Sawai dies at 78

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

S&S asks political commentators to “refrain from commenting” on Obama novel

Vonnegut, Jr. memorial library opens in Indianapolis

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