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New Salinger books due in 2015, James Cameron announces Avatar novels, and more 26 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
Authors of biography on J.D. Salinger say five new posthumous books are coming James Cameron hires Steven Charles Gould to write four Avatar novels Video: The Toronto Star talks to Margaret Atwood a...
M&S to publish award-winning author Claire Battershill’s debut collection 23 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Not yet 30 years old, Claire Battershill has already amassed the kind of résumé many writers would kill for. A Ph.D. in English literature and book history, the native of Dawson Creek, B.C., now teac...
Lindhout memoir details captivity in Somalia, Justice League of America comes north, and more 23 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
New memoir describes 32-year-old Albertan Amanda Lindhout’s 15 months as a hostage in Somalia Jeff Lemire brings the Justice League of America to Canada Already a longlister for the 2013 Man Booker ...
Kerouac’s “Terry, the Mexican Girl” dies, Gitmo guards called out for giving prisoner Fifty Shades, and more 22 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Real-life inspiration for “Terry, the Mexican girl” from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road has died Guantanamo guards accused of “messing” with prisoner by giving him Fifty Shades of Grey In the age of dig...
Showing off Bookshelfies, U.S. copyright laws under review, and more 21 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Popular Tumblr invites sharing of “bookshelfies” U.S. Congress reviews the country’s “Mickey Mouse Protection Act” Finnish drinkers support Estonian literature by buying booze Get to know this year...
Elmore Leonard dies at 87, Salinger film secrecy, and more 20 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Crime writer Elmore Leonard dies at age 87. Read a 2012 interview and a short story Secrecy top priority for Salinger movie production Barnes & Noble chairman “suspends” his attempt to buy the busin...
Tracking the world’s largest publishers, Commonwealth Book Prize ends in 2014, and more 19 Aug 2013 | 07:27 pm
Pearson tops Publishers Weekly’s list of the 60 largest global publishers Commonwealth Book Prize discontinued; foundation to focus on short-story award Author criticizes tailor on Yelp; tailor resp...
Quebec government to examine book-price regulation 16 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
Just a few of the authors and artists who support the campaign. One year after French-language book distributors launched the Our Books at Fair Price campaign, it appears as if the idea may have supp...
Semi Challas and Esta Spalding to co-write film adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life 16 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Screenwriters Semi Challas and Esta Spalding are co-writing an adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s British wartime novel, Life After Life, for Lionsgate Entertainment. The two writers, who are well-known i...
Paul Theroux hates vacations, self-publishing and the future of literary prizes, and more 16 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
Travel writer Paul Theroux is not a fan of vacations Should literary prizes rethink their stance on self-published books? Wendell Berry wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award ...
