As the first ever NL Reads competition nears an end, Joel Thomas Hynes takes a kick and Chad and the Tortoise’s carapace: See the NL Reads Competition here.
The esteemed Patrick Crean, who spent the last dozen years making Thomas Allen one of the country’s finest publishers — recent hits including this year’s Giller winner, Half-blood Blues, last year’s Giller finalist, This Cake is for the Party, and Russell Wangersky’s latest books — will be stepping down. Stepping up to the plate will be the reputable Marc Côté (Who will remain on staff at Cormorant as well. More here.
The latest book book craze is in full swing: CanLit is Sexy, which takes book titles and tries to make them sexy. Warning: it favours quantity over quality, to the point of obscurity.
And, here’s a dozen theater-bound Hollywood adaptations set for 2012.
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