A pair of books written by Saskatoon authors and published by U.S. presses have been doing especially well at Atlantis 2000, a New Age bookstore in the city. Geof Gray-Cobb, the former host of CBC ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
It’s often said there are more published authors per capita in Brooklyn, New York, than anywhere else in the world. That may or may not be true, but if you’re a young, aspiring author, the ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
When Selina Rajani left Self-Counsel Press last fall to work for the Vancouver Opera, she opened up a vacancy in the B.C.-based publisher’s publicity department. Publishing abhors a vacuum, and last December, Self-Counsel hired former ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
This might come as news to some, but the time-honored game of Rock-Paper-Scissors is waning in popularity. These days, kids are more likely to decide contentious issues with a game of Ninja-Cowboy-Bear. The game starts ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
Vancouver author Don Calame has a confession to make. “I didn’t want to write a YA book!” he says. Nevertheless, his debut YA novel, Swim the Fly (Candlewick Press), hits shelves this month. Just as ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
It’s perhaps unsurprising that a book of Inuit folk tales would be selling well north of the 60th parallel. The title in question is Qanuq Pinngurnimata: Inuit Stories of How Things Came to Be by ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
The last time we heard from David Bezmozgis, he was lapping up awards and critical adulation for his 2004 debut collection Natasha and Other Stories. With all that positive feedback, you’d think he’d have immediately ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
One of Atlantic Canada’s oldest publishing houses, Breakwater Books of Newfoundland, is finally passing on the reins of power after a lengthy transition process. “We are in the last stages of the succession plan,” says ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
Earlier this year, Word on the Street Canada appointed Alex Moorshead as its new executive director. She heads into the job with a lot of practical experience, having been festival director for Word on the ... Read More »
September 4, 2009
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