
by Ryan McBride - Wednesday Aug 13 2008 2:18 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: New Releases, Book Lists
Take them to the beach or stuff them in your backpack. These brand new titles will he...
by Ryan McBride - Wednesday Mar 26 2008 7:49 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Fun, buzz, websites, Mystery & Crime, Contests and Giveaways, Book Lists
The March Mystery Madness showdown has now reached its third week. During the last round, 48 books were voted off, leaving 16 behind to duke it out over the coming three weeks....
by david pensato - Monday Mar 17 2008 4:25 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Site News, Fun, buzz, websites, Mystery & Crime, Contests and Giveaways, Book Lists
As you may already know, we were pretty excited when we found out about March Mystery Madness last week. In fact, after a quick flurry of email conversations, we wound up sponsoring it.
With 64 of the best mystery and thriller novels pitted against each other in a six week competition, the first week of polling is done:
Narrow upsets, crushing defeats and last-second comebacks were all the rage. Blockbuster author Philip Margolin put up a fight, slashing his way to a narrow defeat against Andrew Taylor's Fallen Angel. Taylor now takes on Karin Slaughter, who squeaked out a narrow victory of her own over the beloved Louis Bayard and his The Pale Blue Eye. Will these close victories serve as inspiration or will fans of each author be satisfied just to be in the second round?
You can find the full list of 32 first-round winners here.
Don't forget to go vote for your favourites this week- it could mean a free library of 65 excellent books.
You can find out more about the books here.
by david pensato - Friday Mar 14 2008 11:23 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Fun, buzz, websites, Book Clubs, Mystery & Crime, Contests and Giveaways, Book Lists
HarperCollins Canada has launched a blog/contest called March Mystery Madness:
We're hoping that everyone finds March Mystery Madness blog worthy. It's a massive, really fun online event we're running over the next six weeks: 64 books, 4 conferences, tonnes of "games," and one ultimate winner. Essentially, it's the NCAA basketball tournament only with mystery books.
Battling mystery titles, hype, games and the chance to win 65 great mystery novels. What's not to love?
Link to March Mystery Madness
Thanks, Ragdoll
by david pensato - Tuesday Jan 08 2008 4:47 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Discussions, buzz, Book Lists
Bookman Beattie points to the Times pronouncement of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. These lists are always interesting, and most people disagree with them.
The top ten, as per the Times:
1. Philip Larkin
2. George Orwell
3. William Golding
4. Ted Hughes
5. Doris Lessing
6. J. R. R. Tolkien
7. V. S. Naipaul
8. Muriel Spark
9. Kingsley Amis
10. Angela Carter
Anyone care to weigh in on the 10 greatest Canadian writers since 1945?
by Holly McNally - Saturday Sep 29 2007 3:37 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Discussions, Publishing News, Book Lists
Penguins, Toni Morrison and Harry Potter most challenged books of 2006
Topping the list was And Tango Makes Three, a tale of two male penguins parenting an egg from a mixed-sex penguin. Toni Morrison's novels Beloved and The Bluest Eye also made the list, but the most challenged books of the 21st century remain Harry Potter novels
by McNally Robinson - Sunday Sep 02 2007 11:48 am permalink Post a comment
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Publishers Weekly offers Tips to Grandparents
A recent article in Publishers Weekly offers some good suggestions to Grandparents who are shopping for the youngest members in their family.Visit Publishers Weekly The 10 listed titles are excellent choices, and we're always happy to recommend more, if you're interested.


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