Crummey, Mitchell win Commonwealth book honours
Nova Scotia writer Shandi Mitchell and Newfoundland and Labrador's Michael Crummey advance to the finals of the Commonwealth Writers Prize after their books were chosen winners in the Canada and Caribbean category Thursday.
Debut works dominate B.C. fiction prize
Three debut novels, including the much-lauded The Golden Mean, have scooped nominations for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, one of seven B.C. book prizes.
Google to scan books in Italy's libraries
Italy has signed a deal with Google to have up to 1 million old books from its two national libraries scanned and made available online.
Booksellers battle Amazon's Canadian plans
A decision to allow Amazon.com Inc. to open a distribution centre in Canada would set a precedent for changes to Canadian foreign ownership rules, the Canadian Booksellers' Association says.
Ralston Saul wins Korea's Manhae Prize
John Ralston Saul, a Canadian author and president of International PEN, has been awarded South Korea's Manhae Grand Prize for literature.
Canada Reads 2010 debate begins
Cadence Weapon began his defence of Douglas Coupland's Generation X as Canada Reads began on Monday.
Ali Smith, CBC's Enright named to Giller jury
CBC Radio host Michael Enright joins novelists Claire Messud and Ali Smith on the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury, with the winner to be announced in the fall.
New Finnegans Wake to be more coherent
Two scholars have spent 30 years poring over James Joyce's notes and proofs in order to come up with what they call a more understandable version of his experimental novel Finnegans Wake.
Vancouver's Lyon up for first novel award
Vancouver's Annabel Lyon, who won the Writer's Trust best novel award for The Golden Mean, has now been nominated for the 2009 first novel award for Canadian writers.
