by Julie Baldassi

Random House Canada to publish Kirstine Stewart on women in leadership

Twitter Canada managing director Kirstine Stewart is set to publish her first book with Random House Canada in spring 2015. According to a press release, Our Turn is about women in leadership roles "in a ... Read More »

December 6, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Canadian booksellers pick their top kids’ books of 2013

By Julie Baldassi

Q&Q contacted independent booksellers across the country to find out which Canadian kids' books were most popular this year. Lisa Doucet, a bookseller at Woozles in Halifax, noted that 2013 was a strong year for ... Read More »

December 4, 2013

Bringing Canadian art books online with the Art Canada Institute

By Julie Baldassi

"I am very hopeful that some day my art will be rediscovered," wrote Canadian visual artist Kathleen Munn in her notebook in 1974, the year she died. But while art historians have since recognized Munn ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

McAdam, Moore both among winners at Writers’ Trust awards

By Julie Baldassi

Colin McAdam has won the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for A Beautiful Truth (Hamish Hamilton Canada), which tells the parallel stories of a couple who adopt a chimpanzee named Looee and the primates at ... Read More »

November 21, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction longlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

The longlist has been announced for the 10th annual B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction, worth $40,000. The jury, comprising The Globe and Mail books editor Jared Bland, journalist and author Daphne Bramham, and publishing veteran ... Read More »

November 20, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Two poets tie for the 2013 bpNichol Chapbook Award

By Julie Baldassi

Two winners tied for the 2013 bpNichol Chapbook Award, announced at Meet the Presses collective's Indie Literary Market in Toronto this weekend. The winners are: Sandra Allard for Naturally Speaking, published by Toronto's espresso/paperplates press; and ... Read More »

November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Kids Can Press partners with the Khaled Hosseini Foundation

By Julie Baldassi

Kids Can Press has partnered with the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to offer free curriculum for the press's fall middle-grade picture book, Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education. Written by Elizabeth Suneby ... Read More »

November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins Canada launches illustration contest for Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie

By Julie Baldassi

It has been 40 years since Macmillan of Canada first published Dennis Lee's illustrated poem "Alligator Pie." The much-beloved poem has been adapted into a short film, featuring the work of Métis puppeteer Jani Lauzon; ... Read More »

November 15, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Newfoundland’s Heritage and History Book Awards nominees announced

By Julie Baldassi

The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has announced the finalists for the 2013 Heritage and History Book Awards in the categories of non-fiction and poetry. The awards, which honour works that "exemplify excellence in ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Random House Canada to publish eTalk’s Elaine Lui memoir

By Julie Baldassi

Elaine Lui, CTV eTalk entertainment reporter and the voice behind the blog LaineyGossip, has secured a book deal with Random House Canada to publish a memoir about her relationship with her mother. Listen to the Squawking ... Read More »

November 12, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

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Random House Canada to publish Kirstine Stewart on women in leadership

Canadian booksellers pick their top kids’ books of 2013

Bringing Canadian art books online with the Art Canada Institute

McAdam, Moore both among winners at Writers’ Trust awards

B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction longlist announced

Two poets tie for the 2013 bpNichol Chapbook Award

Kids Can Press partners with the Khaled Hosseini Foundation

HarperCollins Canada launches illustration contest for Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie

Newfoundland’s Heritage and History Book Awards nominees announced

Random House Canada to publish eTalk’s Elaine Lui memoir

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