1st edition Audubon expected to bring $6M
A rare first edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America is expected to sell for more than $6 million at a London auction of rare books this December.
Mid-career artists win $15K awards
Seven Canadian artists have won $15,000 Victor Martyn Lynch Staunton Awards, the Canada Council for the Arts announced Wednesday.
Blair cancels 2nd event for memoir
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has cancelled a second London event to launch his memoir after protesters threatened to picket it.
Emma Donoghue on Booker Prize short list
Emma Donoghue, a Dublin-born writer now based in London, Ont., is among six authors shortlisted Tuesday for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for English-language literature.
Blair cancels London book-signing
Ex-British PM Tony Blair says he may cancel a book-signing in London in light of the hostile reception he got in Dublin.
AUDIO: Archie series gets 1st gay character
Dan Parent, who has drawn Archie comics for two decades, talks about why the time was right for the first gay character in the comic series.
Samsung launches Galaxy Tab with Kobo e-reader
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab, a competitor tablet computer to Apple's hit iPad, and it is shipping with some Canadian content: the Kobo e-reading application.
Former U.K. PM Blair slams Brown in memoir
Former British prime minister Tony Blair's long-awaited memoir hit bookshelves in Britain on Wednesday with some harsh words for his former lieutenant and successor, Gordon Brown.
B.C. adds $7M to Arts Council budget
B.C. Culture Minister Kevin Krueger has suddenly found another $7 million for the B.C. Arts Council, which awards grants to artists and cultural institutions.
J.K. Rowling donates $16M for MS research
Author J.K. Rowling has donated the equivalent of $16.4 million Cdn to help set up a centre to research multiple sclerosis, the disease that led to her mother's death.
Anne Frank tree topples in Amsterdam
A monumental chestnut tree that cheered teenage diarist Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis has toppled over, the Anne Frank Museum says.
James Patterson world's best paid author
Thriller author James Patterson has topped a Forbes.com list of the world's best paid authors with an income of $70 million US last year.
Scottish poet Edwin Morgan dies at 90
Poet and translator Edwin Morgan, who was named Scotland's first national poet - the Scots Makar - in 2004, has died at the age of 90.
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