Educational publishing giant Thomson Nelson has acquired Duval House Publishing, an independently owned press with offices in Edmonton and Montreal, which now becomes the sixth Alberta-owned press to be sold to interests outside the province ... Read More »

Despite having only one bookstore in the entire city, Yellowknife is getting on the litfest bandwagon and throwing the NorthWords Writers Festival this summer, which will take place August 3 through 5. “We just want ... Read More »

Today a group of emerging writers between the ages of 10 and 14 will conclude their week at the Summer Day Camp for Junior Authors, which has been launched this year by Toronto’s International Readings ... Read More »

Many people self-publish their books, but few can lay claim to the heap of karma that Edmonton author Patti McIntosh, who wrote and self-published the children’s book The Remarkable Maria last year, must be accumulating.Athe-remarkable-maria/> ... Read More »