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Novelist Kim Echlin ventures into dark territory in Speak, Silence, a Bosnia-set novel about rape as a war crime

Steven Beattie April 18, 2021April 19, 2021 CanLit, Novels

“For 2,000 years or more, women in literature have been represented as the spoils of war,” says Echlin about one impression she wanted to correct by writing this novel.

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Union push at Amazon fails, company denies intimidation tactics

Steven Beattie April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Bookselling, Politics

The implications of the vote go to the heart of the difficulties in standing up to major corporations while promoting worker safety and humane working conditions.

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What’s in a name? Alexandra Andrews’s debut investigates literary fame and duplicity

Steven Beattie March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 International Literature, Novels

Who Is Maud Dixon? is about ambition, identity, and the malleable nature of personality.

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March 26 declared a day of solidarity for Amazon workers trying to unionize

Steven Beattie March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Bookselling

The COVID-19 pandemic has enriched the world’s billionaires while workers on the front lines are forgotten or exploited.

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The anxiety of influencers: Ellery Lloyd’s Instagram mommy thriller People Like Her

Steven Beattie March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 International Literature, Novels

The twisty, fast-paced debut effectively skewers online culture while telling a tense story about a family threatened from within and without.

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Woman returns overdue library book sixty-three years later; TPL to begin phasing out overdue fines

Steven Beattie March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Libraries, Reading

A library branch in Queens found a book in the mail with a due date of July 10, 1957.

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Large, socially distanced crowd forms line to support S.W. Welch bookstore and other small businesses in Montreal’s Mile End

Steven Beattie March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Bookselling, Reading

The protest arose in opposition to what is perceived as predatory rent evictions by powerful realtors and landlords.

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BookNet Canada survey finds that a majority of books purchased in 2020 were sourced online; three quarters of books bought were print

Steven Beattie March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Bookselling

COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in fewer books being bought in person; paperbacks accounted for the largest number of sales by format.

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Debut novelist Rebecca Watson reckons with how form can be used to reflect the realities of contemporary society

Steven Beattie March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 International Literature, Novels

little scratch acts as a kind of bridge between Modernism and our current culture of distraction.

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Grassroots collective Mile End Ensemble aims to preserve the unique Montreal neighbourhood and chalks up its first victory

Steven Beattie March 8, 2021March 9, 2021 Bookselling, Writers and Writing

The community group is united in opposition to skyrocketing rents forcing out small-business owners and renters who created the artistic neighbourhood that has become a tourist attraction.

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