by Becky Robertson

Actor and “lifelong nerd” Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse Comics team

Actor, director, and screenwriter Jay Baruchel (This is the End, How to Train Your Dragon, Goon: Last of the Enforcers) has joined the team of Chapterhouse Publishing, the Toronto-based graphica house behind Captain Canuck. Founded in 2015, the company is the ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, People

Book Links: Chuck Palahniuk announces colouring book novella; world’s richest literary prize goes to José Eduardo Agualusa

By Becky Robertson

Chuck Palahniuk announces his forthcoming colouring-book novella. (Los Angeles Times) International Dublin Literary Award goes to José Eduardo Agualusa, who says he will use the €100,000 to build a public library. (The Guardian) Sherlock creators to adapt Bram ... Read More »

June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Arsenal Pulp and Vivek Shraya launch new literary imprint and mentorship program

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press has teamed up with one of its authors, Vivek Shraya, to found a new literary imprint that will focus on publishing and supporting writers of colour. Through VS. Books, Shraya will ... Read More »

June 21, 2017

Melanie Mah, Meaghan Strimas win 2017 Trillium Book Awards

By Becky Robertson

The winners of this year's Trillium Book Awards, administered by the Ontario Media and Development Corporation, were announced at a gala in Toronto on June 20. The annual prizes honour two English- and two French-language ... Read More »

June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: New cat book due from Mog creator; Trump’s literary cameos

By Becky Robertson

94-year-old Mog creator Judith Kerr to write new book about her latest cat. (The Guardian) Donald Trump has had quite a few cameos in American literature. (Literary Hub) 1984 comes to Broadway. (NPR) Reading activates much ... Read More »

June 20, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Toronto Lit Up showcases diverse, emerging writers in new anthology

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors is taking its Toronto Lit Up initiative to a new level, launching an anthology featuring some of the city's budding writers. The Unpublished City, like the three-year project of the same name ... Read More »

June 19, 2017

Kids Can Press to adapt Carmilla series into a YA novel

By Becky Robertson

Toronto children's publisher Kids Can Press has announced that it will be adapting Carmilla, the digital series loosely based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 vampire novel of the same name, into a YA novel under the ... Read More »

June 19, 2017

Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Linda Bailey, MJ Summers, and Sheila Watt-Cloutier

By Becky Robertson

Andersen Press has acquired English-language U.K. and Commonwealth (excl. Canada) rights to Mary, Who Wrote Frankenstein, the forthcoming picture book by B.C. children's author Linda Bailey and Barcelona illustrator Júlia Sardà. The deal was arranged by Ron ... Read More »

June 19, 2017

Personnel Change: Iguana Books

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based hybrid publisher Iguana Books has announced the hire of Mary Ann Blair as publisher, effective immediately. Blair will manage and grow the press's list and oversee the production process. Blair has extensive publishing history, starting as production editor of Prentice Hall, followed ... Read More »

June 19, 2017

Book Links: Dress like Jughead | Will social media kill literature?

By Becky Robertson

Buzzfeed gets inside look at Yiannopoulos memoir, says it's awful and boring. (Buzzfeed) Hot Topic is releasing a line of Riverdale-inspired clothing. (Comic Book Resources) What is the significance of Amazon buying Whole Foods? (Business Insider) ... Read More »

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

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Actor and “lifelong nerd” Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse Comics team

Book Links: Chuck Palahniuk announces colouring book novella; world’s richest literary prize goes to José Eduardo Agualusa

Arsenal Pulp and Vivek Shraya launch new literary imprint and mentorship program

Melanie Mah, Meaghan Strimas win 2017 Trillium Book Awards

Book Links: New cat book due from Mog creator; Trump’s literary cameos

Toronto Lit Up showcases diverse, emerging writers in new anthology

Kids Can Press to adapt Carmilla series into a YA novel

Daily Deals: Foreign deals for Linda Bailey, MJ Summers, and Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Personnel Change: Iguana Books

Book Links: Dress like Jughead | Will social media kill literature?

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