Last night Austin Clarke won the Toronto Book Award for his latest novel, “More.” Congratulations Austin! Couldn’t happen to a classier guy. (via OpenBook Toronto)
Google made a splash at the Frankfurt Book Fair by announcing that it is launching a new service next year called “Google Editions” which will allow users to download books and read them on everything from the web to cell phones to e-readers. (via Ars Technica)
At Penguin, author and publisher extraordinaire David Davidar has been promoted to the role of CEO of Penguin International. (via Quill & Quire)
And, the 81-year-old Maurice Sendak can’t wait for all the buzz around Spike Jonze’s adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are” to just go away. (via The Globe & Mail)
