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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

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

Daily book biz round-up, March 25

By Scott MacDonald

Here's today's book news: Publishers Weekly takes temperature of Bologna Children's Book Fair Will Random House ever be on the iPad? More conjecture on Apple's book pricing plans Newbery-winner Sid Fleischman dies Harold W. McGraw ... Read More »

March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: tax advice from a poet, writing advice from Neil Gaiman, and more

By Laura Godfrey

Here is today's crop of literary links: Vancouver poet laureate Brad Cran (who also happens to be an accountant) is offering a money-handling workshop for writers and freelancers The National Post profiles Andrew Kaufman, whose ... Read More »

February 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

A new twist on the Canada Reads spin-off trend

By Laura Godfrey

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the CBC must be feeling pretty good right now. Just in case you can't get enough of the various spin-offs of the CBC's Canada Reads competition “ ... Read More »

February 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: The 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

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

Book biz round-up: the latest links

Daily book biz round-up, March 25

Bookmarks: tax advice from a poet, writing advice from Neil Gaiman, and more

A new twist on the Canada Reads spin-off trend

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