On Nov. 4, the literary community gathered at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio as ... Read More »
Blindness, violence, and semiotics converge in designer Michel Vrana’s approach to Laurence Miall’s novel Blind Spot (NeWest Press) In Blind Spot, the protagonist’s parents are killed when their car is hit by a train during ... Read More »
November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture
The Canadian Children's Book Centre revealed the winners of the 2014 Canadian Children's Literature Awards at a gala hosted by the CBC's Shelagh Rogers in Toronto this evening. The six English-language prize winners are: The ... Read More »
November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing
The B.C. Achievement Foundation revealed the longlist for the 2015 B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction today. Of 134 books nominated from 33 publishers, the following 10 were selected: The Necessary War: Canadians Fighting the ... Read More »
November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Ontario Divisional Court upholds decision ordering Jan Wong to re-pay Globe and Mail $209,000+ in severance Product placement in ebooks Former New York Times executive editor to create startup advancing up to $100,000 to longform ... Read More »
November 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Alison Fryer, who formerly managed downtown Toronto's long-standing The Cookbook Store before its closure in March, is teaming up with All the Best Fine Foods to open a cookbook department in the specialty store's Summerhill ... Read More »
November 4, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling
Toronto’s Ben McNally Books finds an unexpected partner in restaurateur Oliver & Bonacini On an average day, an estimated 200,000 commuters traverse downtown Toronto’s underground pedestrian walkway, the PATH. While 1,200 shops and services can ... Read More »
November 4, 2014
Bruce Springsteen talks literature with the New York Times Doubleday and Vintage team up with movie company Blumhouse Productions to launch imprint publishing horror-film stars Moscow metro system offers digital Russian classics to commuters John ... Read More »
November 3, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Sang Kim is an ambitious man of many talents and pursuits, including fiction writing (A Dream Called Laundry, Ballad of a Karaoke Cowboy, Woody Allen Ate My Kimchi, and the Gloria Vanderbilt Exile Short Story ... Read More »
October 31, 2014
The Banff Centre announced the winners for the Banff Mountain Book Competition today as part of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. The winner in each other category will receive a $2,000 prize, with ... Read More »
October 31, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
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