Louise Penny receives Order of Canada
Author Louise Penny has been appointed to the Order of Canada which is one of the country's highest civilian honors, recognizing "outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the...
View ArticleAuthor Frank Delaney dies aged 74
Irish-born author Frank Delaney, 74, died on February 21 after a stroke. His books include the novel Ireland, the nonfiction book Simple Courage, and an ongoing podcast on James Joyce's Ulysses. A new...
View ArticlePlenty of book-related nominations at this year's Oscars, but few winners
Shelf Awareness reports that five of the nine best picture nominees at this year's Academy Awards were book related and there were plentiful book related nominations in other categories. But few award...
View ArticleObamas pens deal with Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House has acquired the rights for two books, to be written by former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle respectively. Details of the deal have not been announced but it is...
View ArticleCaravan to Yale: The stolen child who became a star poet
Ali Cobby Eckermann, an Aboriginal poet, forcibly taken from her mother when she was a young child, is one of eight writers to win a $162,000 Windham-Campbell prize from Yale University. The committee...
View ArticleHarperCollins celebrates its 200th anniversary
HarperCollins is launching a global campaign to celebrate the company's 200th anniversary. Robert Thomson, CEO of parent company News Corp., says: "We're excited to celebrate this milestone anniversary...
View ArticleDid Jane Austen die of arsenic poisoning?
The British Library published an article last week suggesting that Jane Austen, who died in 1817 aged 41 in 1817, was killed by arsenic poisoning. Previous causes of her death have thought to have been...
View ArticleBertelsmann looking to raise stake in Random House
German media group Bertelsmann is looking to raise its stake in its Random House joint venture with Pearson from 53 percent to between 70 and 75 percent and will find a long-term partner if necessary...
View ArticleBridges of Madison County author dies aged 77
Robert James Waller, whose gauzy, romantic novel "The Bridges of Madison County" became a runaway best seller on its publication in 1992 and the basis of a popular film, died on Friday at his home in...
View ArticleAmy Krouse Rosenthal dies aged 51
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a prolific children's book author, memoirist and public speaker who, dying of cancer, found an extraordinarily large readership this month with a column in The New York Times...
View ArticleRichard Wagamese, one of North America's leading indigenous authors dies aged 61
Canadian author Richard Wagamese, one of the leading indigenous writers in North America, died March 10. He was 61. Wagamese began his writing career in 1979, first as a journalist, then as a radio and...
View ArticleReading Without Walls Month to debut in April
Reading Without Walls Month makes its debut this April. This program, an annual celebration of reading and diversity, is inspired by the platform of the National Ambassador for Young People's...
View ArticleRead so you know the world
Libyan author Hisham Matar offers an inspiring ode to the power of books in The New York Times: "Whenever I was encouraged by my elders to pick up a book, I was often told, 'Read so as to know the...
View ArticleNational Book Critics Circle Awards
The winners of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced last night: Fiction: LaRose by Louise Erdrich Nonfiction: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond...
View ArticleOxford comma dispute that could cost millions!
The New York Times reports on a class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers that hinges on perhaps the most polarizing punctuation mark - the Oxford comma.
View ArticleColin Dexter, creator of the Inspector Morse novels, died Tuesday
The crime writer Colin Dexter, creator of the much-loved character Inspector Morse, has died at the age of 86. A statement from his publisher, Macmillan, said: "With immense sadness, Macmillan...
View ArticleNew Bill Would Let Trump Pick the Next Register of Copyrights #books #copyright
With a search for the next Register of Copyrights currently underway, a bill introduced in Congress yesterday would let Donald Trump make that appointment, rather than Librarian of Congress Carla...
View ArticleChet Cunningham, author of more than 450 books, dies aged 88
Prolific writer Chet Cunningham, author of more than 450 books including Westerns, thrillers, military history, medical guides, died March 14 aged 88. Cunningham "credited his output to his daily...
View ArticleAP style for first time allows use of they as singular pronoun
The Associated Press Stylebook says it is "opening the door" to use of the singular they. A new stylebook entry, which was announced last week as part of the AP's session at the 21st national...
View ArticleHenrietta Lacks' family feuds as movie release date draws near
Just weeks before the April 22 first broadcast of Oprah Winfrey's movie for HBO based on Rebecca Skloot's book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Washington Post reports on the feud that has...
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