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Doug Wright Awards set to ramp-up for 2009

The shortlists for the Doug Wright Awards for Canadian cartooning have been announced (see below for all the nominees), and awards co-founder and director Brad Mackay is now turning his attention to creating a new ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: fiction

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This week’s list covers the top fiction titles, across all formats, for the two weeks ending March 8, 2009, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service. Surprisingly, only seven of the top 20 are ... Read More »

March 13, 2009

What now for Toronto librarians?

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As has been reported elsewhere this week, 2,400 Toronto city librarians and other library workers have abandoned membership in the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU) Local 416. Last Tuesday, a total of 1,309 library employees ... Read More »

March 12, 2009

Evelyn “Jacks on Tax” Jacks starts new publishing venture

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Starting a new publishing venture in the midst of a worldwide economic meltdown would be unwise for most, but the timing was ideal for the launch of Knowledge Bureau Newsbooks. The firm, which debuted with ... Read More »

March 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

BC Book Prizes shortlists announced

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The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the finalists in seven categories at the 25th Annual BC Book Prizes. The winners will be announced at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala on Saturday, ... Read More »

March 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Deals: Anansi lands Kathleen Winter’s first novel

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House of Anansi Press publisher Lynn Henry has acquired North American rights to the debut novel by Kathleen Winter, whose debut short-story collection, bOYS, was the winner of the Winterset Prize and the Metcalfe-Rooke Award. ... Read More »

March 11, 2009

Endicott, Thomas win Commonwealth awards

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The Calgary-based Freehand Press and the Fredericton-based Goose Lane Editions both have reason to celebrate this week, as titles from each company have won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in the Canadian/Caribbean category. Marina Endicott’s ... Read More »

March 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

British historian wins Gelber Prize

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The British historian Sir Lawrence Freedman has won the 2009 Lionel Gelber Prize for his book A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East, published in Canada by Doubleday Canada. Now in its ... Read More »

March 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Barclay hits it big in U.K. again

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The mystery novels of former Toronto Star columnist Linwood Barclay keep on racking up sales overseas. His last novel, No Time For Goodbye, was a big hit in Germany, then went on to become an ... Read More »

March 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The man behind Monsoon House

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The buttoned-up world of Canadian publishing may not be the most likely backdrop for a lighthearted farce, but this doesn’t appear to have fazed the creators of Monsoon House, a CBC Radio drama that gentlymonsoon-house/> ... Read More »

March 9, 2009

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Doug Wright Awards set to ramp-up for 2009

BookNet bestsellers: fiction

What now for Toronto librarians?

Evelyn “Jacks on Tax” Jacks starts new publishing venture

BC Book Prizes shortlists announced

Deals: Anansi lands Kathleen Winter’s first novel

Endicott, Thomas win Commonwealth awards

British historian wins Gelber Prize

Barclay hits it big in U.K. again

The man behind Monsoon House

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