by Becky Robertson

Anvil Press launches new surrealist poetry imprint

Vancouver independent publisher Anvil Press has announced the launch of A Feed Dog Book, a new poetry imprint led by Ontario-based poet, author and editor Stuart Ross. The imprint will specialize in surrealist and post-surrealist titles. Ross ... Read More »

June 5, 2017

Book Links: Reviving a 125-year-old literary journal | An oral history of Reading Rainbow

By Becky Robertson

The Sewanee Review, a 125-year-old literary journal, gets revamp under new leadership. (The New York Times) Rupi Kaur talks about her social-media poetry as therapy. (BBC) Margaret Atwood and the rise of dystopian fiction. (The New ... Read More »

June 5, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Read Local B.C. expands to online hub in hopes of teasing out a “regional literary sensibility”

By Becky Robertson

The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia has expanded the online presence of Read Local B.C., the annual public-awareness campaign it launched in 2015 to spotlight the province's authors and publishers. The website, which features ... Read More »

June 5, 2017

Daily Deals: S&S acquires two books by Catherine McKenzie; Dundurn to publish non-fiction by Olympian Jeremiah Brown

By Becky Robertson

Simon & Schuster Canada senior editor Laurie Grassi has acquired Canadian rights to bestselling author Catherine McKenzie’s The Good Liar, a novel about three women’s interwoven lives in the aftermath of a national tragedy. Grassi has ... Read More »

June 1, 2017

Indigo reports record annual revenue, solid book sales thanks to lifestyle products and Harry Potter

By Becky Robertson

Indigo Books & Music is reporting total revenue of $1.02 billion for its fiscal year ending April 1, the highest in the Canadian retailer's history. Indigo is also reporting an increase of $26 million – ... Read More »

May 31, 2017 | Filed under: Bookselling

Daily Deals: Viking Canada and Grand Central Publishing acquire new Joanne Proulx

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley has acquired Canadian rights to We All Love the Beautiful Girls, the second novel by Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet author Joanne Proulx, for publication under the Viking Canada imprint. World rights (excluding Canada) were also sold to Grand Central Publishing in ... Read More »

May 31, 2017

Noor Naga wins 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

By Becky Robertson

The Writer's Trust of Canada has named Canadian-Egyptian writer Noor Naga the winner of this year's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Naga received the $10,000 accolade for her poem “The Mistress and the Ping” at ... Read More »

May 31, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Indigenous leaders launch Canada Reads: The Unsettling Canada Edition in response to the 150th

By Becky Robertson

A group of Indigenous leaders from the grassroots Idle No More and Defenders of the Land initiatives are responding to Canada's sesquicentennial with a public education and action campaign meant to highlight the injustices the ... Read More »

May 30, 2017

Dave Bidini gets support from Atwood and Martel for his Toronto community-newspaper project

By Becky Robertson

Writer and musician Dave Bidini is embarking on a new publishing project that has garnered support from authors such as Margaret Atwood, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Yann Martel. The West End Phoenix, an ad-free non-profit ... Read More »

May 30, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Firefly Books to serve as the National Film Board’s first official book publisher

By Becky Robertson

Firefly Books has announced a new partnership with the National Film Board that will see the independent Toronto press adapt at least 25 NFB films into book form over the course of six years. The first three ... Read More »

May 29, 2017

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Anvil Press launches new surrealist poetry imprint

Book Links: Reviving a 125-year-old literary journal | An oral history of Reading Rainbow

Read Local B.C. expands to online hub in hopes of teasing out a “regional literary sensibility”

Daily Deals: S&S acquires two books by Catherine McKenzie; Dundurn to publish non-fiction by Olympian Jeremiah Brown

Indigo reports record annual revenue, solid book sales thanks to lifestyle products and Harry Potter

Daily Deals: Viking Canada and Grand Central Publishing acquire new Joanne Proulx

Noor Naga wins 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

Indigenous leaders launch Canada Reads: The Unsettling Canada Edition in response to the 150th

Dave Bidini gets support from Atwood and Martel for his Toronto community-newspaper project

Firefly Books to serve as the National Film Board’s first official book publisher

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