by Becky Robertson

Personnel Changes: New hires at Coach House Books

Toronto's Coach House Books has the following personnel changes to announce: Jessica Rattray has been hired as publicist. She hails from Martin Sales Agency, where she served as sales representative. Prior to her time with ... Read More »

June 13, 2016

Awards: Joan M. Roberts wins 2016 Alison Prentice Award

By Becky Robertson

Joan M. Roberts, former Bell Canada phone-operator union organizer, has won this year's Alison Prentice Award. Administered by the Ontario Historical Society, the prize honours the best book on women's history in Ontario published in ... Read More »

June 13, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Susan Juby wins 2016 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour

By Becky Robertson

The Leacock Associates have named Susan Juby the winner of this year's Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for Republic of Dirt: A Return to Woefield Farm (HarperCollins Canada). The book is a follow-up to the ... Read More »

June 13, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Rowling honours Harry Potter world employee killed in Orlando; Indigo launches book-sharing app; Akhil Sharma wins Dublin Award

By Becky Robertson

J.K. Rowling pays tribute to Wizarding World of Harry Potter employee killed in Orlando massacre. (Salon) Indigo launches Reco app to share booklists with friends. (Good E-Reader) Akhil Sharma wins €100,000 Dublin International Literary Award. ... Read More »

June 13, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Distribution change: Purich Publishers

By Becky Robertson

The sales and distribution agreement between Brunswick Books and Purich Publishing Ltd. will end, effective June 30. University of British Columbia Press, which acquired rights to Purich Publishing, will move distribution to the University of ... Read More »

June 9, 2016

Personnel Change: Laurie D. Graham named publisher of Brick magazine

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based literary journal Brick has announced that publisher Nadia Szilvassy is stepping down at the end of June. Laurie ... Read More »

June 9, 2016

Inaugural Canadian Writers’ Summit event highlights

By Becky Robertson

Toronto's Harbourfront Centre is hosting the first-ever Canadian Writers' Summit from June 15–19, organized by a collection of home-grown writing groups that includes the Writers' Union of Canada, the Canadian Authors Association, and the League of ... Read More »

June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Events

Book Links: BookCon merges with Comic Con; Lisa McInerney wins Baileys prize; Odenkirk to play David Carr

By Becky Robertson

BookCon merges with New York Comic Con. (Good e-Reader) Glorious Heresies author Lisa McInerney wins 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. (BBC) Kobo releases Canadian ebook report. (Good e-Reader) Kobo parent company Rakuten shutters European retail ... Read More »

June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Brendan Bowles wins 2016 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced on June 8 that Toronto writer Brendan Bowles has won this year's $5,000 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, presented to authors under the age of 35 who ... Read More »

June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

BookThug takes strides toward a more diverse industry

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based BookThug recently issued a letter to readers outlining the press's goal to become more diverse and inclusive, in response to ongoing conversations about a lack of diversity in the industry and "the current social climate ... Read More »

June 9, 2016

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Personnel Changes: New hires at Coach House Books

Awards: Joan M. Roberts wins 2016 Alison Prentice Award

Awards: Susan Juby wins 2016 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour

Book Links: Rowling honours Harry Potter world employee killed in Orlando; Indigo launches book-sharing app; Akhil Sharma wins Dublin Award

Distribution change: Purich Publishers

Personnel Change: Laurie D. Graham named publisher of Brick magazine

Inaugural Canadian Writers’ Summit event highlights

Book Links: BookCon merges with Comic Con; Lisa McInerney wins Baileys prize; Odenkirk to play David Carr

Awards: Brendan Bowles wins 2016 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

BookThug takes strides toward a more diverse industry

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