by Becky Robertson

Awards: Sydney Smith wins IBBY’s Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award for Sidewalk Flowers

Illustrator Sydney Smith has been named winner of the International Board on Books for Young People's 2016 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Sidewalk Flowers (Groundwood Books), created in collaboration with author JonArno Lawson. ... Read More »

March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Daily Deals: Tundra acquires debut picture book by Robert Paul Weston

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House Canada Children’s Group publishing director Lynne Missen, on behalf of Tundra Books, has acquired world rights to Robert Paul Weston’s first picture book, Sakura's Cherry Blossoms, about a young Japanese girl who misses ... Read More »

March 2, 2016

Awards: Andrew Nikiforuk, Sheila Watt-Cloutier among finalists for 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the five finalists for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing on March 2. The prize, now in its 16th year, is awarded to a book of literary ... Read More »

March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Hachette Book Group purchases Perseus

By Becky Robertson

Hachette Book Group and the Perseus Books Group announced on March 1 an acquisition agreement in which the former will purchase Perseus's publishing arm. A previous attempt by Hachette to buy the company fell through ... Read More »

March 2, 2016

Scott Shane wins Munk School’s Lionel Gelber Prize

By Becky Robertson

Washington-based New York Times reporter Scott Shane has been named winner of the 2016 Lionel Gelber Prize for Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone (Tim Duggan Books). Administered by ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

2016 National Business Book Award longlist revealed

By Becky Robertson

The longlist for this year's National Business Book Award, a $30,000 prize for the best Canadian business-related title published the previous year, has been announced, and features two former and two current national newspaper ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Hannah Moscovitch wins $150,000 Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based playwright Hannah Moscovitch has been named one of nine winners of this year's Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, a series of $150,000 (U.S.) awards Yale University presents to international writers of fiction, non-fiction, ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Royal Mint commemorates Beatrix Potter with coin; 2016 PEN Literary Award winners announced; how much are your old Harry Potter books worth?

By Becky Robertson

Peter Rabbit is the first kidlit character to be featured on a U.K. coin. (The Guardian) Toni Morrison among authors honoured with 2016 PEN Literary Awards. (GalleyCat) B.C.-based AbeBooks helps you determine if your Harry ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors and Toronto's Now magazine have opened submissions for their annual Poetry Now Battle of the Bards competition. The March 30 reading event will spotlight 20 writers, selected by a random ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Hnatyshyn Foundation, a private charity supporting and promoting the arts, has announced a new series of awards for First Nations artists in Canada in six categories, including literature. The REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards will ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Awards: Sydney Smith wins IBBY’s Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award for Sidewalk Flowers

Daily Deals: Tundra acquires debut picture book by Robert Paul Weston

Awards: Andrew Nikiforuk, Sheila Watt-Cloutier among finalists for 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing

Hachette Book Group purchases Perseus

Scott Shane wins Munk School’s Lionel Gelber Prize

2016 National Business Book Award longlist revealed

Hannah Moscovitch wins $150,000 Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize

Book Links: Royal Mint commemorates Beatrix Potter with coin; 2016 PEN Literary Award winners announced; how much are your old Harry Potter books worth?

Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

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