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Public to vote on Giller longlist: UPDATED

This year, the Scotiabank Giller Prize is moving from CTV, its official broadcast partner for the past five years, to CBC. In conjunction with the move, the CBC has announced a new Readers' Choice contest, ... Read More »

August 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Publishing at the polls: Arts and culture platforms

By Sue Carter

Tonight is the first televised leadership debate of the federal election. It's unlikely arts and culture will be mentioned, so here's a primer on how all parties (including the Green Party) stand on issues that ... Read More »

April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

U.S. literary journals thrive with low overhead and dedicated audiences

By Sue Carter

A couple of weeks ago poet Michael Lista got the attention of the publishing Twitterverse with his National Post essay Why literary magazines should fold. Now, we don't need another American TV sitcom to point ... Read More »

April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian cookbooks mix it up at the Gourmand Awards

By Sue Carter

From March 3-6, booksellers, publishers, chefs, and other foodie types descended on the City of Lights for the annual Paris Cookbook Fair, the largest event of its kind in the world. The culinary weekend kicked ... Read More »

March 7, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Links round-up: Atwood circa 1975, Rumsfeld, and more

By Natalie Samson

Today's links round-up, video edition: TVO launched its digital archive this week. Check out Mike McManus's 1975 interview with Margaret Atwood about her book Lady Oracle. An Atwoodian gem from the video: Remember I'm old. ... Read More »

February 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Two views of Arundhati Roy

By Steven W. Beattie

Arundhati Roy, the Booker Prize“winning author of The God of Small Things, has been in the news recently for her outspoken comments about Kashmiri secession from India. Last week, rumours began circulating that the author ... Read More »

November 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

CTV launches Giller reading initiative

By Scott MacDonald

As part of its efforts to promote the upcoming Scotiabank Giller Prize broadcast, CTV has launched an online reading initiative that encourages the public to pledge to read one or more of the Giller nominees ... Read More »

October 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood-bashing begins over “Fox News North”

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood is once again lending her name to a worthy cause, and like her support for the environment, brown-bag lunches, and stay-at-home book tours, the celebrated novelist's actions have generated some mild controversy in ... Read More »

September 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: battle over The Shack; FOX News attacked; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Check these out: The bitter legal battle over proceeds from The Shack Kitty Kelley's Oprah to be turned into TV movie A Chicago librarian rips into FOX News library exposé Seth brings new look to ... Read More »

July 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Fear of poetry waning, and the Globe opens the BÃ¶k on lipograms

By Steven W. Beattie

The Huffington Post has taught Quillblog a new word. "Metrophobia" is not an aversion to riding the Paris subway or to well-coiffed men; it refers to a fear of poetry. And apparently, this affliction is ... Read More »

January 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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