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Deals: Taras Grescoe and the road ahead

HarperCollins Canada senior editor Jim Gifford has acquired the latest book by Taras Grescoe, whose environmental tome Bottomfeeder won the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize in 2008. In Straphanger: Surviving the End of the Automobile Age, ... Read More »

March 19, 2009

Munro, Toews nominated for big European prizes

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The contenders for the Man Booker International Prize were announced today, and Alice Munro was the only Canadian nominee to make the 14-author list. Unlike the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the International prize ... Read More »

March 18, 2009

Atlantic Ink shortlists announced

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The nominees for the new Atlantic Ink awards – which once fell under the umbrella of the Atlantic Book Awards – have been announced. 12th annual Atlantic Poetry Prize Shades of Green, Brent ... Read More »

March 17, 2009

Cook, Bumstead nominated for John Wesley Dafoe prize

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The nominees for this year’s John Wesley Dafoe Book Prize, which honours non-fiction titles on Canadian themes, have been announced. They are: J.M. Bumstead, Lord Selkirk: A Life (University of Manitoba Press) Tim Cook, Shock ... Read More »

March 17, 2009

Aurora nominees announced

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The nominees for the 2009 Prix Auroras, which are awarded to works of Canadian science fiction and fantasy, have been announced. The winners will be revealed during the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, which takes ... Read More »

March 17, 2009

Canadian titles nominated for Lambda awards

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Three titles published by Arsenal Pulp Press have been shortlisted for the U.S.-based Lambda Literary Awards for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Ivan E. Coyote’s The Slow Fix has been nominated for best work ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

Personnel change: Labonté promoted at D&M

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D&M Publishers acquiring editor Chris Labonté has taken on the added title of assistant publisher. In his expanded role, Labonté will be responsible for managing all day-to-day aspects of the Douglas & McIntyre publishing program, ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

OBPO plans Gutenberg 2.0

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Call it summer school for publishing industry professionals. In July, the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, in partnership with Humber College, is launching a 10-week online seminar that will look at new business models ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Greg Gerrard resurfaces at Alpine

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Greg Gerrard, the former owner of Pages Books on Kensington in Calgary, is back in the book biz after some time off. Instead of returning to bookselling, however, he has become a sales and marketing ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announced

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The three-person jury for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced. According to a press release from prize founder Jack Rabinovitch, the big three are: American novelist and short story writer Russell Banks; U.K. ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

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Deals: Taras Grescoe and the road ahead

Munro, Toews nominated for big European prizes

Atlantic Ink shortlists announced

Cook, Bumstead nominated for John Wesley Dafoe prize

Aurora nominees announced

Canadian titles nominated for Lambda awards

Personnel change: Labonté promoted at D&M

OBPO plans Gutenberg 2.0

Greg Gerrard resurfaces at Alpine

Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announced

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