Bertha Hanson, who worked for many years as a sales rep for McClelland & Stewart and many other publishers before opening Sandpiper Books in Calgary, died in Fort McMurray, Alberta on August 27. She was ... Read More »

Edna Staebler, an author and literary patron from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, has died at the age of 100.Staebler wrote many books, including the 1968 cookbook Food That Really Schmecks: Mennonite Country Cooking (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1968) and ... Read More »

For the first time in the Scotiabank Giller Prize’s 11-year history, a longlist of 15 titles was released on Monday. Despite varying opinions about the titles on the longlist, everyone seems to agree that choosing ... Read More »