http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:35:06 EDT Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/?ref=rss http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/29/brian-may-photo-book.html?ref=rss 2000379246 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:31:48 EDT Rock star, astrophysicist and animal rights activist Brian May has revealed a new obsession - stereo photographs. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/29/churchill-fdr-online.html?ref=rss 2000379158 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:27:46 EDT Archives for two of the Second World War's great leaders - British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt - are to be made available online. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/27/booker-long-list.html?ref=rss 2000378780 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:33:30 EDT St. John's writer Lisa Moore is one of 13 novelists nominated for the Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious English-language literary awards. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/27/forward-prize-poetry.html?ref=rss 2000378766 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:43:04 EDT Toronto-based poet Christian Campbell has been shortlisted for Britain's Forward Prize for poetry. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/27/faulkner-audio-recordings.html?ref=rss 2000378697 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:54:39 EDT Newly available recordings at the University of Virginia allow people to hear William Faulkner's soft drawl, and listen to him talk about his writing, his career and current events. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/24/blyton-famousfive-updated.html?ref=rss 2000378339 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:23:04 EDT Enid Blyton's Famous Five children's book series, written between 1942 and 1963, are getting an update with modern words and phrases replacing old ones. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/24/bookseller-norway-fine.html?ref=rss 2000378327 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:41:06 EDT Norwegian war correspondent Asne Seierstad has been ordered to pay $40,000 US in damages to a woman profiled in her book, The Bookseller of Kabul. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/22/blind-dad-memoir.html?ref=rss 2000378061 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:01:27 EDT In his new memoir, C'mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark, Vancouver's Ryan Knighton uses comedy to feel his way through life as a nearly blind father. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/22/comic-con-begins.html?ref=rss 2000377974 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:15:52 EDT Movie buffs, comic-book collectors, sci-fi fans and nerds and geeks of all stripes have taken over San Diego for Comic-Con, the southern California city's annual pop culture convention. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/21/book-publishing-policy-review.html?ref=rss 2000377838 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:41:02 EDT The federal government is asking Canadians to share their thoughts on the domestic publishing industry and whether changes need to be made to Canada's foreign investment policy for the book sector. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/21/blue-met-leith-retire.html?ref=rss 2000377804 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:05:00 EDT Montreal's Blue Metropolis literary festival is launching a search for a new chief, as its founder and artistic director prepares to retire. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/20/f-omalley-scott-pilgrim.html?ref=rss 2000377586 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:55:01 EDT Canadian comic artist and writer Bryan Lee O'Malley talks to CBC-TV's Eli Glasner about Scott Pilgrim. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/20/britain-rare-books.html?ref=rss 2000377554 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:35:11 EDT A man who has twice been convicted of stealing rare books from famous British libraries has been sentenced to 3½ years in jail.