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Canadian Kate Beaton illustrates Henrietta Edwards for Google, J.K. Rowling tweets poster by Halifax LGBT organization, and more

Canadian artist Kate Beaton illustrated today's Henrietta Edwards themed Google logo J.K. Rowling tweets illustration by Halifax LGBT organization in response to questions about diversity of Hogwarts' student population Indian filmmaker Ram Devineni creates comic ... Read More »

December 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Professional Writers Association of Canada board members resign

By Becky Robertson

Seven members of the Professional Writers Association of Canada board of directors announced their resignation on the group's Facebook page Dec 10. Under president Michelle Greysen, the non-profit organization works to support Canadian non-fiction freelance writers ... Read More »

December 17, 2014

Lucas Crawford named CWILA’s 2015 critic-in-residence

By Becky Robertson

Canadian Women in the Literary Arts has announced Lucas Crawford as its 2015 critic-in-residence. Crawford currently Simon Fraser University's Ruth Wynn Woodward gender, sexuality, and women's studies lecturer is a Vancouver-based writer and ... Read More »

December 17, 2014

Judy Blume to release first adult novel in 16 years, Clifford author Norman Bridwell has died, and more

By Becky Robertson

Judy Blume to release In the Unlikely Event, her first adult novel in 16 years Clifford the Big Red Dog series author Norman Bridwell dies at 86 To Kill a Mockingbird named most recommended novel ... Read More »

December 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Joseph Boyden edits Penguin Canada anthology in support of No More Stolen Sisters

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Canada released a limited-edition anthology on Monday in support of Amnesty International's No More Stolen Sisters campaign, to which all of the book's proceeds will go. Edited by Joseph Boyden, Kwe: Standing With Our ... Read More »

December 16, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Jewish Book Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver's 30th annual Jewish Book Festival featured more than 30 Canadian and international authors during its six-day run in November, including Zeruya Shalev, David Grossman, Steven Galloway, and culinary writer and chef Yotam Ottolenghi. Israeli-born ... Read More »

December 15, 2014

Booker winner Hilary Mantel responds to critics, how fairytale heroines are growing up, and more

By Becky Robertson

Man Booker Prize-winning writer Hilary Mantel takes on the Mail on Sunday How fairytales have evolved in response to changing social values The rising popularity of ebooks in Maritime industries What Andy Warhol thought of ... Read More »

December 15, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Knopf Canada acquires new Alison Pick novel

By Becky Robertson

Knopf Canada publishing director Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian rights to a new novel by Alison Pick. The Valley follows a young Russian Jew in 1920 as she joins Ein Harod, the first kibbutz, now acknowledged ... Read More »

December 12, 2014

Q&A: Aerial photographer Louis Helbig on his new book, Beautiful Destruction

By Becky Robertson

Williams Lake, B.C. native Louis Helbig began photographing the Alberta oil sands from his antique airplane in 2008. The photos became the basis of a series of art exhibitions, and now a book published by ... Read More »

December 12, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Zoella ghostwriter speaks out amid controversy, author Gillian Flynn nominated for Golden Globe Award, and more

By Becky Robertson

Zoella ghostwriter Siobhan Curham speaks out for first time over controversy Gillian Flynn nabs Golden Globe nomination for Gone Girl screenplay Google announces Fault in Our Stars (unsurprisingly) most popular ebook in 2014 Authors Orhan Pamuk ... Read More »

December 12, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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Canadian Kate Beaton illustrates Henrietta Edwards for Google, J.K. Rowling tweets poster by Halifax LGBT organization, and more

Professional Writers Association of Canada board members resign

Lucas Crawford named CWILA’s 2015 critic-in-residence

Judy Blume to release first adult novel in 16 years, Clifford author Norman Bridwell has died, and more

Joseph Boyden edits Penguin Canada anthology in support of No More Stolen Sisters

Jewish Book Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary

Booker winner Hilary Mantel responds to critics, how fairytale heroines are growing up, and more

Knopf Canada acquires new Alison Pick novel

Q&A: Aerial photographer Louis Helbig on his new book, Beautiful Destruction

Zoella ghostwriter speaks out amid controversy, author Gillian Flynn nominated for Golden Globe Award, and more

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