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CBC and Netflix renew Anne of Green Gables series for second season

CBC-TV's adaptation of the CanLit classic Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery has been renewed for a second season. Production of Anne With an E, titled simply Anne in Canada, will commence this fall, for broadcast on the network and ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing

Sales change: Orca Book Publishers

By Becky Robertson

Effective immediately, sales representation to the Canadian trade market for Orca Book Publishers will be handled in-house. Please call 1-800-210-5277 or email orders@orcabook.com to contact either sales manager Leslie Bootle; marketing and non-traditional sales manager Jen Cameron; wholesale and ... Read More »

August 9, 2017

Frances Itani, Lee Maracle, David Chariandy headline Whistler Writers Fest 2017

By Becky Robertson

Whistler Writers Festival has announced the lineup for its 2017 event, taking place at various venues across the B.C. town from Oct. 12–15. This edition's theme is "risk-taking." Among the 60 participants confirmed so far are ... Read More »

August 8, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Daily Deals: David Chariandy signs two-book deal in U.S. and U.K.; Alison Pick sells overseas

By Becky Robertson

Bloomsbury U.K. and Bloomsbury U.S. have jointly acquired world English (ex. Canada) rights to David Chariandy’s second novel, Brother, as well as an untitled third novel in a five-way auction. The deal was arranged by ... Read More »

August 8, 2017

Leslie Hurtig named Vancouver Writers Fest’s new artistic director

By Becky Robertson

Following news that longtime Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director Hal Wake will be retiring this fall, the organization has announced that Leslie Hurtig will take his place. The Vancouver publishing professional is no stranger to the festival, having ... Read More »

August 8, 2017

U of T professor William Nelson wins £20,000 literary essay prize

By Becky Robertson

William Nelson, a professor in the history department at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, has been named recipient of the Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize, a biennial £20,000 U.K. prize for literary essays on any ... Read More »

August 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Daily Deals: Anansi acquires new Jonathan Garfinkel novel; Frances Greenslade sells in French

By Becky Robertson

House of Anansi Press editor Douglas Richmond has acquired world rights to author and playwright Jonathan Garfinkel’s The Altruist, a humorous post-Soviet thriller set between Toronto and Tbilisi, Georgia, during the pro-democracy Rose Revolution of 2003. Publication ... Read More »

August 3, 2017

Ontario books-in-schools project funds publishers to create academic materials

By Becky Robertson

The government of Ontario has launched an initiative to get more Canadian literature into the province's schools as part of a culture strategy it released last July. The Canadian Books in Ontario Schools Fund, helmed by Tourism, Culture, ... Read More »

August 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Children's publishing

Margaret Atwood and Jordan Abel to judge 2017 Walrus Poetry Prize

By Becky Robertson

The Walrus Foundation has revealed the jury for this year's Walrus Poetry Prize, its accolade recognizing exceptional unpublished Canadian poems, for which submissions are now open. Margaret Atwood will judge the $4,000 prize from a shortlist selected by ... Read More »

August 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Judith Jones, who edited Julia Child, dies; decoding ISBNs

By Becky Robertson

Judith Jones, editor of Julia Child and shepherd of The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 93. (The New York Times) Details revealed about Bernie Sanders's forthcoming YA book. (Bustle) Maine farm where E.B. White wrote Charlotte's Web ... Read More »

August 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

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CBC and Netflix renew Anne of Green Gables series for second season

Sales change: Orca Book Publishers

Frances Itani, Lee Maracle, David Chariandy headline Whistler Writers Fest 2017

Daily Deals: David Chariandy signs two-book deal in U.S. and U.K.; Alison Pick sells overseas

Leslie Hurtig named Vancouver Writers Fest’s new artistic director

U of T professor William Nelson wins £20,000 literary essay prize

Daily Deals: Anansi acquires new Jonathan Garfinkel novel; Frances Greenslade sells in French

Ontario books-in-schools project funds publishers to create academic materials

Margaret Atwood and Jordan Abel to judge 2017 Walrus Poetry Prize

Book Links: Judith Jones, who edited Julia Child, dies; decoding ISBNs

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