Book links roundup: Natalie Portman takes on Judith Krantz, beautiful bookstores, and more

• Natalie Portman is behind a new TV miniseries based on Judith Krantz’s steamy novel Scruples
• Take a peek at 20 of the most beautiful bookstores in the world
• The New York Times reports Barnes and Noble won’t stock Amazon-published titles
• Collette, Dorothy Parker, and Anaïs Nin among 10 legendary bad-ass girls of literature
• The Lambda Literary Awards are set for June 4, 2012, at City University of New York

Canadian authors celebrated at the Lambda Awards

Four Canadian authors took home awards last night at the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards in New York City. “The Lammies”  celebrate the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing for books published the previous year.

First-time novelist Amber Dawn won the Lesbian Debut Fiction award for Sub Rosa (Arsenal Pulp Press). Zoe Whittall won in the new Transgender Fiction category for her novel Holding Still for as Long as Possible (House of Anansi Press). Anna Swanson took the Lesbian Poetry Award for her collection, The Nights Also (Tightrope Books). And S. Bear Bergman and Kate Bornstein took home the award for best LGBT Anthology for Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (Seal Press).

Read the complete list of winners.

Daily book biz round-up: March 18

• The Globe and Mail’s Doug Saunders’ Arrival City “couldn’t be more timely” according to The New York Times
• How I wish this were an Onion headline
• Novelist Alison Pick proves some authors are still loyal to their publishers in Open Book Toronto’s Questionless Books interview
• Ten Canadians make the LAMBDA Literary Awards shortlist
• Looking at earthquakes through literature
• Margaret Atwood on e-books

Lambda Literary Awards finalists include Canadian authors

This morning, the finalists for the LGBT-focused Lambda Literary Awards – or the Lammys – were announced. A total of 462 books were nominated (about 10% more than last year), and 112 finalists have been chosen in 23 different categories, ranging from LGBT anthologies to gay and lesbian erotica. And for the first time in the awards’ 22-year history, the category for bisexual books has been divided into two separate categories: bisexual fiction and bisexual non-fiction.

Among the finalists were four Canadian titles:

• LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror: Fist of the Spider Woman, by Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Gay Erotica: I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire, edited by Richard Labonté  & Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Transgender: The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, by S. Bear Bergman (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Lesbian Fiction: This One’s Going to Last Forever, by Nairne Holtz (Insomniac Press)

Winners will be announced in New York City on May 27.