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By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 2nd, 2012 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Recommended Artistic Consumption, Travel

Working in secret, behind an unmarked door in a former bread bakery, they rushed to build a device that might capture the imagination of readers and maybe even save the book industry.
Julie Bosman - New York Times



Bookends is a vibrant and dynamic conversation about contemporary books and the world of literary genre. Justine Lewkowicz interviews authors, bookstore owners, and in- the- know literary geeks to find out what’s happening in the literary world.
Font wars are usually little spats among the cognoscenti, and very welcome, too; they generate publicity and informed debate. But this war had spilled out beyond its normal narrow confines.
Simon Garfield/The National Post
This year Canada Reads focuses entirely on non-fiction, specifically works of memoir, biography, and literary non-fiction. The five finalists will be selected from the longlist by yet-to-be-named celebrity panelists who will choose a title to champion over the airwaves.
Natalie Samson-Quill & Quire