by Julie Baldassi

PEN Canada partners with Hot Docs on a new series

Four Canadian novelists will present a series of international documentaries this winter, thanks to a new partnership between PEN Canada and Hot Docs. Beginning in February, authors Vincent Lam, Camilla Gibb, Miriam Toews, and Linwood ... Read More »

January 31, 2014 | Filed under: Events

Bookmark locations in Atlantic Canada listed for sale

By Julie Baldassi

The oldest independent bookstore chain in Atlantic Canada, Bookmark, has been listed for sale following the death of founder and owner Rodney Jones a year ago. Although a sale has yet to go through, Lori ... Read More »

January 21, 2014

Spring preview 2014: non-fiction, part 2

By Julie Baldassi

Food In Whitehorse food writer Michele Genest's second book on the cuisine of the North, the author includes such unusual recipes as birch-syrup pannacotta with rhubarb compote and solstice-cured lake trout gravad lax. Boreal Feast ... Read More »

January 18, 2014

Book City Annex location to close after 38 years

By Julie Baldassi

Toronto independent mini-chain Book City announced Thursday afternoon it will be closing its flagship location in the Annex this spring after 38 years in business. "The lease was up and we agonized over the decision, ... Read More »

January 17, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling

Spring preview 2014: non-fiction, part one

By Julie Baldassi

Politics & current affairs During much of the past year, it was hard to encounter the word "senate" without "scandal" following soon after. Two spring books carry the conversation into 2014. In Our Scandalous Senate ... Read More »

January 17, 2014

McGill-Queen’s University Press wins Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History

By Julie Baldassi

McGill-Queen's University Press is the recipient of the 2013 Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History. Sponsored by the L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University, the $10,000 prize recognizes publishers that have "excelled at ... Read More »

January 9, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Booksellers identify the best-selling sports books of 2013

By Julie Baldassi

Q&Q polled booksellers across the country to find out which Canadian sports books sold the best in 2013. ... Read More »

December 17, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year

New venue selected for the 2015 London Book Fair

By Julie Baldassi

The upcoming London Book Fair, slated to take place mid-April, will be hosted at the West London venue Earls Court for the last time. Event operators Reed Exhibitions confirmed this week that the 2015 fair ... Read More »

December 13, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Booksellers pick top non-fiction books of 2013

By Julie Baldassi

Q&Q polled booksellers across the country to find out which Canadian non-fiction books sold the ... Read More »

December 9, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year

Banff Centre’s literary and publishing programs to focus on disseminating content

By Julie Baldassi

Throughout the Banff Centre’s 80-year history, thousands of video and audio recordings of visiting writers and artists have been captured. The valuable collection, along with text records and physical artefacts, is accessible at the centre, ... Read More »

December 9, 2013

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PEN Canada partners with Hot Docs on a new series

Bookmark locations in Atlantic Canada listed for sale

Spring preview 2014: non-fiction, part 2

Book City Annex location to close after 38 years

Spring preview 2014: non-fiction, part one

McGill-Queen’s University Press wins Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History

Booksellers identify the best-selling sports books of 2013

New venue selected for the 2015 London Book Fair

Booksellers pick top non-fiction books of 2013

Banff Centre’s literary and publishing programs to focus on disseminating content

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