After more than five years as the head of the writing and publishing section of the Canada Council, Melanie Rutledge has resigned. Rutledge gave notice to her superiors last week, explaining that she would be ... Read More »

They say you should always “write what you know,” and what author Emily Pohl-Weary knows best is Parkdale, the gritty downtown Toronto neighbourhood where she was born and raised. Pohl-Weary’s two novels – A Girl ... Read More »

The third and final round of the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund has been awarded, and of the 16 organizations chosen to share in the $3.3-million, two are publishing-related. One ... Read More »

There’s American Girl, there’s Gossip Girl, and now Second Story Press is introducing Gutsy Girl, a YA fiction series inspired by author Susan Glickman’s fall 2008 title Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch. “They’re stories about ... Read More »