From cookbooks to travel guides to intelligent beach reads, this week’s list of non-fiction titles, for the two weeks ending May 31, 2009, will help keep your brain on the alert as we head into ... Read More »
June 8, 2009
The Crime Writers of Canada handed out the 2009 Arthur Ellis Awards in a ceremony in Toronto last night. The winners were as follows: Best novel: Linwood Barclay, Too Close to Home (Doubleday Canada) Best ... Read More »
June 5, 2009
IBBY Canada, the Canadian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People, has named Dave Jenkinson and Charlotte Guerette as the recipients of the 2008 Claude Aubry Award for distinguished service in the ... Read More »
June 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Effective immediately, Thomas Allen & Son is the exclusive Canadian distributor for ... Read More »
June 4, 2009
Three Canadian authors were winners at the 2009 Lambda Literary Awards in New York last week. The awards recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Larry Duplechan’s Got ‘til It’s Gone (Arsenal Pulp Press) won ... Read More »
June 4, 2009
As was reported on Quillblog earlier this week, a rumour – begun by Canada AM tech reporter Kris Abel – has been floating around the Web that Indigo plans to adopt a pre-existing e-reader and ... Read More »
June 4, 2009
Now that Lawrence Hill’s 2007 novel The Book of Negroes has become a certified blockbuster, HarperCollins Canada is hoping to capitalize on its success further with a new illustrated edition and with a major re-releasebook-of-negroes/> ... Read More »
June 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book links
BookCamp Toronto – the new daylong “unconference” of collaboratively organized publishing seminars – takes place this Saturday, and even the organizers aren’t exactly sure what to expect in terms of turnout. According to Hugh McGuire, ... Read More »
June 4, 2009
Prolific poet A. F. Moritz was awarded the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize at a gala on Wednesday night in Toronto. The author of more than 15 books of poetry won the $50,000 award for his ... Read More »
June 4, 2009
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