by Becky Robertson

Awards: 2016 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta has revealed the recipients of its annual book publishing awards‚ commending excellence from the province's presses. The following winners were selected from 77 entries in 11 categories: Book Design ... Read More »

September 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Coteau Books looks to move up publication date of W.P. Kinsella’s posthumous title

By Becky Robertson

W.P. "Bill" Kinsella‚ the prolific B.C. author of the 1982 baseball novel Shoeless Joe‚ which was later adapted into the feature film Field of Dreams‚ died on Sept. 16 in Hope, B.C., at the age of ... Read More »

September 19, 2016

Book Links: Author enters burning building to save manuscripts; Harlequin lawsuit settled

By Becky Robertson

Mariko Tamaki to pen new She-Hulk series for Marvel. (Comic Book Resources) Author rushes into burning building to save laptop containing two novel manuscripts. (BBC) Harlequin authors receive settlement cheques from earlier lawsuit over ebook payments. ... Read More »

September 19, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Kobo e-reader shortage; George W. Bush to publish art book

By Becky Robertson

Prison that detained Oscar Wilde two years for homosexual acts honours him. (The New York Times) Kobo's new e-reader faces shortage in Canada. (Good e-Reader) Former U.S. president George W. Bush to release art book. ... Read More »

September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Address Change: Westwood Creative Artists

By Becky Robertson

Effective immediately, Westwood Creative Artists' new mailing addresses is 138 Sussex Mews, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2K1. The agency remains in the same building, but is now accessed through a new entrance on the Sussex Mews laneway along the ... Read More »

September 15, 2016

Ontario author-graphic designer launching Pelee Island writer retreat

By Becky Robertson

Pelee Island‚ Ontario, a remote community of fewer than 200, accessible by Lake Eerie ferry‚ is set to host a new writers retreat thanks to writer and graphic designer Dawn Kresan. Currently the poetry editor and ... Read More »

September 15, 2016

Daily Deals: ECW Press acquires YA fantasy novel by Jessica Waller; foreign deals for Clare Cameron‚ Glenn Dixon

By Becky Robertson

ECW Press executive editor-at-large Susan Renouf has acquired a YA sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel with a rebellious female heroine by B.C. author Jessica Waller for spring 2018 publication. The deal was arranged without an agent. Italian ... Read More »

September 15, 2016

Awards: Bezmozgis‚ Michaels‚ Sher among Vine Awards shortlisters

By Becky Robertson

The Koffler Centre for the Arts has released the lists of finalists for its annual Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature‚ offering a $10,000 prize every three years in each category of fiction‚ non-fiction, history, ... Read More »

September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Writers’ Trust names 2016 Journey Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for this year's Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize were announced on Sept. 15. Charlie Fiset, “If I Ever See the Sun,” published in The Fiddlehead Colette Langlois, “The Emigrants,” published in PRISM ... Read More »

September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Merasty and LaBoucane-Benson shortlisted for Burt Award

By Becky Robertson

CODE‚ the Canadian agency advocating for international literacy‚ has released the finalists for the 2016 Burt Award for First Nations‚ Métis and Inuit Literature. Now in its fourth year‚ the award aims to honour "culturally relevant" ... Read More »

September 14, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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Awards: 2016 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners

Coteau Books looks to move up publication date of W.P. Kinsella’s posthumous title

Book Links: Author enters burning building to save manuscripts; Harlequin lawsuit settled

Book Links: Kobo e-reader shortage; George W. Bush to publish art book

Address Change: Westwood Creative Artists

Ontario author-graphic designer launching Pelee Island writer retreat

Daily Deals: ECW Press acquires YA fantasy novel by Jessica Waller; foreign deals for Clare Cameron‚ Glenn Dixon

Awards: Bezmozgis‚ Michaels‚ Sher among Vine Awards shortlisters

Awards: Writers’ Trust names 2016 Journey Prize finalists

Awards: Merasty and LaBoucane-Benson shortlisted for Burt Award

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