May 1, 2017
How ebooks became totes uncool. (The Guardian) U.K. readers are abandoning ebooks at an alarming rate. (Good e-Reader) India's ISBN agency is a mess. (Publishing Perspectives) Johnny Depp says he spent $5 million shooting Hunter ... Read More »
April 28, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
MONDAY, APRIL 24 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival: Now in its 19th year, featuring writers from around the world. April 24–30. Various locations. Full schedule: bluemetropolis.org Lisa See: Reading from The Tea Girl of Hummingbird ... Read More »
April 24, 2017 | Filed under: Events
Archie comic artist refused entry into U.S. (Bleeding Cool) Ivanka Trump won't do a book tour. #sad! (Entertainment Weekly) Are ebooks on e-readers environmentally friendly? (Good e-Reader) Ten things you don't know about authors on ... Read More »
April 21, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
Classic Archie style returning to print this fall. (The Washington Post) Donald Trump recommends book with no words, which seems about right. (The Huffington Post) VR for Publishers 101. (The Bookseller) "Sonic screwdriver" added to ... Read More »
April 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
TUESDAY, APRIL 18 Art Bar Poetry Series: Tea and Oranges: A Leonard Cohen Tribute, with Adebe DeRango-Adem, Carolyn Smart, Clara Blackwood, Jacqueline Valencia, George Elliot Clarke, Moez Surani, Richard Glen Lett, Robin Richardson, and Stanley ... Read More »
April 17, 2017 | Filed under: Events
The New Yorker's Rebecca Mead profiles Margaret Atwood. (The New Yorker) There's an A.A. Milne biopic on the way. (Flavorwire) Five disturbing stories about bunnies. (Electric Literature) Literature's greatest resurrections. (Electric Literature) Does the return ... Read More »
April 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
Nominees for the 13th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the year's best work and most promising talent in the Canadian comics industry, were announced on April 13. Conundrum Press, Drawn & Quarterly, and Koyama Press ... Read More »
April 13, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Paying tribute to the card catalogue. (NPR) James Baldwin's private papers donated to centre for black ... Read More »
April 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
CBC Short Story Prize shortlist announced. (CBC Books) Effort to save James Baldwin's house grows fraught. (Melville House) International Publishers Association issues manifesto. (Publishing Perspectives) Miss Piggy to star in Phantom of the Opera in ... Read More »
April 12, 2017 | Filed under: Book links