by Becky Robertson

Book Links: Shakespeare in the Fluff; Sarah Jessica Parker launches imprint

Stephen King says everyone should chill out about clowns. (Los Angeles Times) U.K. will celebrate its first National Bookshop Day this weekend. (Melville House) National Book Awards finalists revealed. (GalleyCat) Sarah Jessica Parker to launch book imprint ... Read More »

October 6, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Lit winners revealed

By Becky Robertson

The winners of this year's Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature were announced at a luncheon in Toronto on Sept. 29. The prize awards $10,000 to Jewish-Canadian authors in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, history, ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Leah Bobet win Copper Cylinder Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Sunburst Awards Society‚ which recognizes Canadian writers of the fantastic with a number of annual accolades‚ has announced the winners of its Copper Cylinder Award. In the adult category‚ Silvia Moreno-Garcia was selected for ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Charles Taylor wins $1 million Berggruen Prize

By Becky Robertson

Charles Taylor, the award-winning Canadian philosopher‚ writer‚ and McGill University professor emeritus, has received the inaugural Berggruen Prize‚ administered by the L.A.-based Berggruen Institute in recognition of a thinker whose writings "shape human self-understanding and ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Harlequin launches new imprint; book dealer killed over rare edition

By Becky Robertson

Harlequin launches new commercial women's fiction imprint helmed by Toronto-based Dianne Moggy and Susan Swinwood. (Publishers Weekly) Book dealer murdered for rare edition of The Wind in the Willows. (Los Angeles Times) Dealers unite over rare book ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Personnel Change: Amanda Lewis joins Page Two Strategies

By Becky Robertson

Page Two Strategies, the Vancouver-based strategic non-fiction publisher, has announced the hire of Amanda Lewis as project and development manager‚ effective Oct. 17. Lewis recently was employed by Knopf Random Canada Group‚ where she served for nearly ... Read More »

October 5, 2016

Daily Deals: Kowalski’s sixth Rapid Reads book to Orca; Mosaic Press acquires historical novel by Ray Argyle

By Becky Robertson

Orca Book Publishers editorial director Ruth Linka has acquired world rights to American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter William Kowalski’s Jumped In for the company's high-interest/low-vocabulary Rapid Reads series designed for literacy-challenged adults. This is Kowalski's sixth title ... Read More »

October 4, 2016

Awards: Gary Barwin‚ Madeleine Thien among 2016 GG Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Canada Council for the Arts has revealed the finalists vying for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards‚ recognizing authors in 14 English- and French-language categories. Many of the authors will be familiar to readers ... Read More »

October 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Nick Cutter novel selected by Reddit Book Club; Atwood on the future

By Becky Robertson

Nick Cutter's The Troop selected as Reddit Book Club pick. (GalleyCat) Margaret Atwood‚ Richard Dawkins‚ and other authors on the future. (The Guardian) Hungarian science-fiction magazine under fire after illegally translating stories of George R. ... Read More »

October 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Firefly Books makes a foray into graphica

By Becky Robertson

Firefly Books, the Richmond Hill‚ Ontario–based non-fiction publisher and distributor, is shaking up its fall 2016 line with The Attack‚ a graphic novel adaptation of the best-selling 2005 novel L'Attentat by Algerian author Yasmina Khadra. ... Read More »

October 3, 2016

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Book Links: Shakespeare in the Fluff; Sarah Jessica Parker launches imprint

Awards: Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Lit winners revealed

Awards: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Leah Bobet win Copper Cylinder Awards

Awards: Charles Taylor wins $1 million Berggruen Prize

Book Links: Harlequin launches new imprint; book dealer killed over rare edition

Personnel Change: Amanda Lewis joins Page Two Strategies

Daily Deals: Kowalski’s sixth Rapid Reads book to Orca; Mosaic Press acquires historical novel by Ray Argyle

Awards: Gary Barwin‚ Madeleine Thien among 2016 GG Awards finalists

Book Links: Nick Cutter novel selected by Reddit Book Club; Atwood on the future

Firefly Books makes a foray into graphica

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