by Becky Robertson

Alberta Readers’ Choice Award longlists revealed

The Edmonton Public Library has released the longlist for the Alberta Readers' Choice Award. The five finalists will be named via social media starting April 25. Readers can vote for their top pick starting June ... Read More »

March 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Alcuin Society announces winners of book design awards

By Becky Robertson

The Alcuin Society has announced this year's winners of its Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The first prize recipients in each of eight categories are as follows, with a full list of ... Read More »

March 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

VERSeFest inducts Andrée Lacelle and rob mclennan into Hall of Honour

By Becky Robertson

Ottawa's VERSeFest International Poetry Festival has named Ottawa-Gatineau poets Andrée Lacelle and rob mclennan as the 2016 inductees into the fest's Hall of Honour for their outstanding service to the local poetry community. Lacelle, author ... Read More »

March 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: U.K. libraries pay out to 14,800 authors; Europe’s first on-demand bookstore opens; Batman V Superman director reveals plans to adapt The Fountainhead

By Becky Robertson

Tens of thousands of authors to receive payment from U.K. libraries as remuneration error discovered. (The Guardian) Europe's first on-demand-only bookstore opens in Paris. (Associated Press) Batman V Superman director Zack Snyder says he may ... Read More »

March 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Daily Deals: Appetite acquires books by Toronto restaurant and cheese outlet

By Becky Robertson

Appetite by Random House publisher Robert McCullough and associate editor Zoe Maslow have acquired world rights to the sophomore cookbook by Matt Dean Pettit, co-owner of Toronto's Rock Lobster restaurant. The book, a follow-up to Pettit's The ... Read More »

March 21, 2016

Canadian publishers share titles they’re toting to Bologna 2016

By Becky Robertson

Thirty-seven Canadian publishers – 16 English-language and 21 French – along with Livres Canada Books and two Canada-based literary agencies, are attending this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair, to be held April 4–7 in Bologna, ... Read More »

March 21, 2016

Book Links: Prince writing memoir 4 U; Willy Wonka factory soon to be a reality; Canada Reads premieres

By Becky Robertson

Hope U like purple prose: Prince 2 release memoir. (Los Angeles Times) Watership Down author Richard Adams plans picture book (The Independent), while elusive author Elena Ferrante is also writing a book for children. (The ... Read More »

March 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Humber Literary Review announces its inaugural Emerging Writers Contest winners

By Becky Robertson

Humber College's The Humber Literary Review has named the winners of its first Emerging Writers Fiction Contest. Author Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer judged the winning entries from an 11-story longlist selected by the publication's editorial collective. First ... Read More »

March 18, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

First awards for Canadian self-published books to debut at Whistler Writers Festival

By Becky Robertson

The inaugural Whistler Independent Book Awards, jointly produced by the Whistler Writing Society and publishing and editorial services company Vivalogue Publishing, will launch at the Whistler Writers Festival in Whistler, B.C. this fall. The awards ... Read More »

March 17, 2016

Daily Deals: ECW acquires memoir by Weekend at Bernie’s director Ted Kotcheff

By Becky Robertson

ECW Press founder and co-publisher Jack David has acquired rights to Picture This... Imagine That, a memoir by Toronto-born, L.A.-based director Ted Kotcheff (My Weekend at Bernie's), to be published in spring 2017. The deal was ... Read More »

March 17, 2016

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Alberta Readers’ Choice Award longlists revealed

Alcuin Society announces winners of book design awards

VERSeFest inducts Andrée Lacelle and rob mclennan into Hall of Honour

Book Links: U.K. libraries pay out to 14,800 authors; Europe’s first on-demand bookstore opens; Batman V Superman director reveals plans to adapt The Fountainhead

Daily Deals: Appetite acquires books by Toronto restaurant and cheese outlet

Canadian publishers share titles they’re toting to Bologna 2016

Book Links: Prince writing memoir 4 U; Willy Wonka factory soon to be a reality; Canada Reads premieres

Humber Literary Review announces its inaugural Emerging Writers Contest winners

First awards for Canadian self-published books to debut at Whistler Writers Festival

Daily Deals: ECW acquires memoir by Weekend at Bernie’s director Ted Kotcheff

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