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Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

Liberal party leader Stephane Dion met with a few Canadian writers last week at the Drake Hotel in Toronto and promised that a Liberal government would restore the $11.8-million in public diplomacy funding cut from ... Read More »

July 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

James Patterson to close Toronto readers' festival

By Nathan Whitlock

BOOKED!, the readers' festival created to accompany BookExpo Canada, has confirmed (as previously reported by Q&Q Omni) that bestselling thriller author James Patterson will be the star of a finale event to close the festival ... Read More »

May 16, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Smiley's boogie nights

By Leigh Anne Williams

American author Jane Smiley defends her sexytimes-filled new novel, Ten Days in the Hills, in an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times. She says she was inspired by The Decameron and "wanted to go ... Read More »

February 22, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Stranger than fiction

By Alison Jones

British author Ian McEwan's life contains as great a plot twist as any he has ever written – a long-lost brother. According to a CNN report (taken from an article in the Oxford Mail), McEwan ... Read More »

January 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Undercover reading

By Alison Jones

Stephen King is the U.K.’s favourite guilty pleasure read, as reported in The Guardian. In a survey conducted for the Costa Book Awards 2006, King topped a list that included J.K. Rowling, John Grisham, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Raging bull

By Leigh Anne Williams

The most talked-about book launch of the season has apparently left a rather sour taste in the mouth of Craig Davidson. The Penguin Canada author, you'll remember, stepped into the boxing ring early this month, ... Read More »

October 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Booker shortlist announced

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, Mary Lawson's The Other Side of the Bridge didn't manage to make the jump from the Man Booker Prize longlist to the just-announced shortlist. But there is good news for a couple of Canadian ... Read More »

September 14, 2006 | Filed under: Awards

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

By Cassandra Drudi

Australia's only Nobel Prize-winning author must be rolling in his grave this week -- not a single major publisher or literary agent would release his stuff today, it seems. Earlier this summer, The Australian sent ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

By Cassandra Drudi

In a scandal broadcast far and wide by book-blogs Bookslut and Bookninja, children from homeless shelters in Indiana's Porter County are having their library cards taken away and their lending priviliges revoked, according to the ... Read More »

June 20, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Da Vinci Code on trial — again

By Scott MacDonald

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown took to the stand yesterday as the star defence witness in a copyright infringement lawsuit being launched against his publisher, Random House. The claimants this time around are Richard ... Read More »

March 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

James Patterson to close Toronto readers' festival

Smiley's boogie nights

Stranger than fiction

Undercover reading

Raging bull

Booker shortlist announced

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

Da Vinci Code on trial — again

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