[THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED] Next month, the staff of Toronto’s Type Books in Forest Hill will pack up shop and say goodbye to 394 Spadina Road. According to co-owner Joanne Saul, the store will ... Read More »
March 11, 2010
The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for the 26th annual BC Book Prizes: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean (Random House Canada) Michael Turner, 8 x ... Read More »
March 11, 2010
Snare Books has announced that Jake Kennedy, of Kelowna, B.C., is the winner of the 2010 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Kennedy’s collection of poems, The Lateral, was selected by poet Sina Queyras, and ... Read More »
March 11, 2010
Greystone Books publisher Rob Sanders has acquired world rights to Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event by Hayley Wickenheiser, a non-fiction work by the Canadian hockey star about the experience of being ... Read More »
March 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The Ontario Library Association has recognized children’s author Deborah Ellis with its President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, which acknowledges an outstanding contribution to librarianship in Ontario. According to OLA president Peggy Thomas, “Deb has been ... Read More »
March 8, 2010
Author Randall Maggs was awarded the 3rd biennial Kobzar Literary Award for Ukrainian-Canadian writing for his book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems (Brick Books) in a ceremony at the Palais Royale Ballroom in Toronto on ... Read More »
March 8, 2010
Canada’s copyright licensing agency, Access Copyright, has made a significant change to the way it distributes funds to authors. Its basic royalty payment system remains intact, but its “creator repertoire” payments – monies earmarked for ... Read More »
March 8, 2010
Author, poet, and frequent Q&Q contributor George Fetherling will be battling Our Lord and Savior for readers later this month when he launches his latest collection, The Sylvia Hotel Poems, inside the eponymous Vancouver landmark. ... Read More »
March 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Indigo CEO Heather Reisman’s eco-friendly gift and stationery chain Pistachio has fallen on hard times. Last week, a sign went up in the window of the Yorkdale Shopping Centre location in Toronto stating that the ... Read More »
March 8, 2010
On Feb. 26, the Ontario Library Association recognized children’s author Eric Walters with its President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement. According to a press release, Walters was acknowledged for his “commitment to social justice and making ... Read More »
March 4, 2010
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