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Canadian literary event roundup: June 8-14

Patrick deWitt signing for Ablutions, Indigo Eaton Centre, Toronto (June 8, 12 p.m., free) The Adventure of the Process": The Writer's Guild of Alberta Conference and Alberta Book Awards Gala, Hotel Arts, Calgary (June 8“10, ... Read More »

June 8, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Esi Edugyan, JJ Lee, Charlotte Gill nominated for B.C. Book Prizes

By Sue Carter

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for the 28th annual B.C. Book Prizes, and for Esi Edugyan, the competition cuts close to home. Edugyan, whose novel Half-Blood Blues won the 2011 ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a gastronomical homage to Ferran AdriÃ at the Cookbook Store and the unveiling of ... Read More »

November 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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

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

Daily book biz round-up, April 13

By Scott MacDonald

The sap that floweth from the news tree: Pulitzer Prizes announced Pulitzer-winner Tinkers is the first small press title to win the award since A Confederacy of Dunces Gawker on Jay McInerney's debut as wine ... Read More »

April 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: sex scandals, meth rings, and Lemony Snicket

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The catalogue pages for disgraced U.S. Governor Mark "Appalachia by way of Argentina" Sanford's (cancelled) book Meth ring uses rare comic books to launder drug money (I knew there was something wrong ... Read More »

August 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Widget allows book clubs to occur anywhere on the Web

By Suzanne Gardner

The Book Oven blog has brought to our attention a unique social networking site called BookGlutton that seeks to provide users with a new way to read online. According to the website, the application allows ... Read More »

May 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: learning to read at the Bush Library, borrowing people instead of books, and picking the right beer for the book

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Bush Library to be base for literacy and education, says Laura Bush* (The Dallas Morning News) A library where you can borrow people instead of books (InfoSpeak.org) We've picked the right wine ... Read More »

April 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Judging a mate by his/her books (The New York Times) What wine goes with that book? (Stuff) Will Internet book piracy cause authors to stop writing? (Times Online) Settlement in sight for ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: wine

Canadian literary event roundup: June 8-14

Esi Edugyan, JJ Lee, Charlotte Gill nominated for B.C. Book Prizes

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Governor General’s Award winner Gloria Sawai dies at 78

Canadian cookbooks mix it up at the Gourmand Awards

Daily book biz round-up, April 13

Bookmarks: sex scandals, meth rings, and Lemony Snicket

Widget allows book clubs to occur anywhere on the Web

Bookmarks: learning to read at the Bush Library, borrowing people instead of books, and picking the right beer for the book

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

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