The International Festival of Authors has unveiled its 2016 poster, created by Palookaville graphic novelist and designer Seth. This year's IFOA takes ... Read More »
June 23, 2016 | Filed under: Events
Closure of Barnes & Noble could be a disaster for readers. (New Republic) Publishers keep the money rolling in with new editions of J.K. Rowling books. (GalleyCat) The Exeter Book added to Unesco's Memory of the World register. (The ... Read More »
June 23, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
The Canadian Authors Association presented its annual literary awards on June 18 during the inaugural Canadian Writers' Summit in Toronto. Nino Ricci won in the fiction category for Sleep (Doubleday Canada), the story of a man whose ... Read More »
June 23, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Toronto writers Kevin Hardcastle and Soraya Peerbaye were named the winners of this year's Trillium Book Awards on June 22, at a ceremony held at the Toronto Reference Library. Hardcastle was awarded the $20,000 fiction award ... Read More »
June 23, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Montreal author-illustrator Marianne Dubuc and Governor General's Literary Award–winning YA writer Susin Nielsen were presented with this year's Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards at a ceremony at Scarborough Village Alternative Public School in Toronto ... Read More »
June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Canadian-grown e-reading giant Rakuten Kobo honoured three new Canadian writers with its Emerging Writer Prize, presented in three categories, at a ceremony in Toronto on June 21. Each winner received a $10,000 purse along with ... Read More »
June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Vancouver tops Amazon.ca's list of Canadian cities that love to read. (CBC Books) Real-life sport of Quidditch leaving its Harry Potter roots behind. (The Guardian) New Properties app is a Tinder for intellectual property. (The Hollywood Reporter) Chinese ... Read More »
June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
Toronto-based food and health book publisher Robert Rose Inc. has announced the hire of Meredith Dees as a senior editor, effective July 4. Dees has worked in various editorial positions at House of Anansi Press ... Read More »
June 21, 2016
Margaret Atwood's 1996 Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning historical novel Alias Grace (McClelland & Stewart), inspired by the true story of two servants convicted of the murders of their employer and his housekeeper, will be adapted for television ... Read More »
June 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
Ebook readers to receive $400 million in reimbursements from Apple and publishers. (Consumer Affairs) Amazon revokes publishing rights of indie authors (The Active Voice) and drops ebook discovery affiliates. (The Digital Reader) Kidnapped Hong Kong ... Read More »
June 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
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