The Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario is planning an annual campaign to promote Canadian authors and books during the month of October – and they’re looking to hire a director in time for a ... Read More »
November 13, 2006
Seven authors calling themselves the Lit Chicks are combining their marketing efforts and will be visiting bookstores in Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario for group book signing events. “I pulled together a group of women ... Read More »
November 13, 2006
Judges Leon Rooke and John Metcalf announced the finalists for the second annual Metcalf Rooke Award competition for an unpublished manuscript, sponsored by Biblioasis. From the 78 manuscripts submitted, four were selected for the shortlist:• ... Read More »
November 10, 2006
After the attention garnered by launching the novel The Fighter in a boxing club, Penguin Canada still seems to be seeking out new and uncharted territory for launches. This afternoon, Toronto's Royal Agricultural Winter Fair ... Read More »
November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news
Author Rohinton Mistry has written a new short story, “The Scream,” which is being launched as an extremely limited-edition on Dec. 3. There will only be 150 copies printed of the book, which also includes ... Read More »
November 9, 2006
Chris Bosh visits Indigo; Different Drummer and Bryan Prince team up for a pre-Giller shindig; and Toronto. Toronto Raptors star Chris Bosh helped to promote reading at Indigo. Photo courtesy of Penguin Canada Canadian Manda ... Read More »
November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Events
It was publishing. (Photos by Tom Sandler.) Douglas & McIntyre president Scott McIntyre welcomes a longtime friend, retired publisher Anna Porter, onto the scene. McIntyre is publishing Porter. Giller winner Vincent Lam with novelist Jane ... Read More »
November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Events
Short story writer and novelist Mavis Gallant became the first English-language writer to receive the $30,000 Prix Athanase-David on Wednesday. She joins such Quebec literary stars as Michel Tremblay, Gabrielle Roy, Marie-Claire Blais, and Gaston ... Read More »
November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Awards
This year's Quebec Writers’ Federation Community Award will go to short story writer Julie Keith. The award honours the accomplishments of individuals who nurture and develop Quebec’s English-language literary scene. A board member of QSPELL ... Read More »
November 9, 2006
Goose Lane Editions publisher Susanne Alexander has acquired Canadian rights to a non-traditional work of poetry by Gary Geddes. Falsework is an illustrated, book-length poetic narrative based on the famous Second Narrows Bridge catastrophe in ... Read More »
November 8, 2006
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