As a television journalist, I’ve made it one of my golden rules never to insert myself into a story unless absolutely necessary. It was one of the first things I learned in journalism school: your ... Read More »
May 4, 2011
As election fever approaches its highest pitch, this week’s bestsellers focus on political science. The list shows a disparity of political views, with Lawrence Martin’s largely critical Harperland appearing at #7 and Sun TV host ... Read More »
May 2, 2011
Scotiabank Giller Prize nominee Alexander MacLeod’s Light Lifting (Biblioasis) is one of five titles nominated for this year’s Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Administered by The Writers’ Union of Canada, the award recognizes the best first ... Read More »
May 2, 2011
Last week, the Access Copyright Foundation announced the first recipients of its new research grant program. Administered by the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the organization awarded $100,000 to 17 fiction writers, visual artists, Canadian publishers, and ... Read More »
May 2, 2011
Victoria’s Heritage House and Halifax’s Nimbus Publishing are testing new grounds with their new joint release, The Amazing Foot Race of 1921 by Shirley Jean Roll Tucker. Under the unique co-publishing agreement, the two companies ... Read More »
May 2, 2011
Trevor Cole has won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for his novel, Practical Jean (McClelland & Stewart). The $15,000 prize is awarded to the best Canadian book of humour published in the last year,practical-jean-wins-the-leacock/> ... Read More »
April 28, 2011
Journalist Doug Saunders has won the 13th annual Donner Prize for Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World. The $35,000 award celebrates the best book on Canadian public policy. Published by Knopf Canada,arrival-city-wins-the-donner-prize/> ... Read More »
April 28, 2011
House of Anansi Press has hired Jared Bland as its new managing editor. Bland’s first day at the Toronto publisher will be July 4. Bland comes to Anansi from The Walrus magazine, where he isthe-walrus-s-jared-bland-as-managing-editor/> ... Read More »
April 27, 2011
McClelland & Stewart’s new non-fiction imprint Signal, will be an exercise in marketing experimentation, according to president and publisher Doug Pepper. The imprint will launch M&S’s new multiplatform marketing strategy, aimed at building “reading communities” ... Read More »
April 27, 2011
Freehand Books editor Robyn Read has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Seen Reading by Julie Wilson, a linked collection of short fictions inspired by the online “literary voyeurism” project of the same name. The book ... Read More »
April 27, 2011
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