Search Results by tag: translations

Canada Reads Top 40 revealed, World Book Night titles announced, and more

CBC presents Canada Reads' Top 40 World Book Night titles announced Simon & Schuster to establish new sci-fi and fantasy imprint Judy Blume and Maya Angelou among authors protesting U.S. school system's dependence on standardized ... Read More »

October 24, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Eleanor Catton on biases towards women writers, Oyster launches ebook subscriptions, and more

By Becky Robertson

Booker winner Eleanor Catton addresses biases towards women writers Oyster launches on iPad Pearson makes print books interactive with BouncePages Australian ... Read More »

October 17, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

HÃ©lÃ¨ne Dorion named Officer to the Order of Canada

By Natalie Samson

In a ceremony Friday morning, Governor General David Johnston bestowed the honour of Officer of the Order of Canada on francophone poet, novelist, and essayist HélÃ¨ne Dorion. In a press release issued by the Governor ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: March 1

By Sue Carter

Carefully curated indie e-book publisher Ebookling sells 1,000 downloads in two weeks An infographic look at the 40-year history of e-book publishing, starting with the 1971 digitization of the U.S. Declaration of Independence This virtual ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Murakami’s new book arrives shrouded in mystery, and weighing a ton

By Suzanne Gardner

Haruki Murakami's first novel in five years, a two-volume work called 1Q84, arrived in Japan's bookstores today. The plot details of the work have been kept tightly under wraps by both the author and his ... Read More »

May 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

147 authors up for the Impac Dublin Prize

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The longlist for the richest award for writing in English has been announced. And the longlist is, in fact, long, with 147 authors in contention for the 2009 Impac Dublin prize of £100,000. From the ... Read More »

November 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Libraries

Haruki Murakami on translation

By Nathan Whitlock

Mainichi Daily News “ yes, we read 'em all “ has an interview with novelist Haruki Murakami on the recent work he's done translating some classic American novels into Japanese: Over the past few years, ... Read More »

May 27, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Bookmarks (Middle East edition)

By Jacob Sheen

In the face of all-too-obvious problems, small publishing houses and modern printing facilities are popping up throughout the Arab world (Bookseller.com) Dubai adds a literary festival to its cultural boom (Kipp Report) Iraq's National Library ... Read More »

April 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Burning books for bilingualism

By Nathan Whitlock

From CBC.ca: A surge of bilingualism in Quebec has one of the province's most popular writers threatening to burn his entire body of work if something isn't done to stop it. Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, the author ... Read More »

February 28, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: "Free Radicals," a new short story by Alice Munro (The New Yorker) Robert Fisk's bio of Saddam Hussein is selling well “ except he didn't write it (The Independent) Why does it ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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