- Gaiman's Graveyard Book nets 2nd kid's lit prize
- Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book has nabbed the U.K.'s top children's fiction award, the Carnegie Medal.
- Boy in the Moon wins Trillium Book Award
- The Boy in the Moon, Ian Brown's personal tale about life with his disabled son, has won the Trillium Book Award, Ontario's top prize for literary excellence.
- Superman seeks ideas for U.S. trek
- Superman takes a road trip across the United States in a forthcoming series, and publisher DC Comics wants fans to suggest cities and towns for his itinerary.
- Penguin International names new head
- Penguin Group has filled one of two vacancies created by the departure of former CEO David Davidar.
- Charles Taylor Prize enlists original jury
- The three Canadian authors who presided over the inaugural awarding of the Charles Taylor Prize will return to judge the literary non-fiction prize's 10th edition.
- Price war hits e-readers
- A price war is erupting in e-readers with both Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com slashing the prices of their respective devices on Monday.
- Historian, journalist wins $100K military lit prize
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Rick Atkinson has won a $100,000 US prize for his military writing.
- E-books: Royalties vs. respect
- Despite easy and lucrative offers from Amazon and Apple, traditional publishers are still where most authors want to be, says House of Anansi president Sarah MacLachlan.
- Former Penguin boss claims relationship consensual
- Penguin Canada's former president claims he had a "consensual, flirtatious relationship" with Lisa Rundle, the company's former rights and contracts director who is suing him for sexual harassment.
- Mark Twain's tribute to daughter brings $242K
- A 64-page handwritten tribute by Mark Twain to his daughter after she died at age 24 has sold at Sotheby's in New York for $242,500 US, almost doubling pre-sale estimates.
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