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Historic Kogawa home gets a little TLC

The childhood home of author Joy Kogawa has been spared the wrecking ball after an agreement by The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) to buy the Vancouver property.TLC has committed to buying the property ... Read More »

May 1, 2006

Awards anchor Atlantic Book Festival

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Amy Harding had to keep a tough secret these last several weeks leading up to the 2006 Atlantic Book Awards. “I'm the one who's been bursting with the secrets of who was winning each award ... Read More »

May 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book links

Former HarperCollins employee tabbed to head Penguin marketing

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In the wake of Debby de Groot’s departure last month, Penguin Canada has hired Yvonne Hunter to be the new director of marketing and publicity. Though Hunter is not new to the industry – she ... Read More »

May 1, 2006

Brossard collects $50,000 Molson Prize

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Author Nicole Brossard and Henry Mintzberg, a management expert and professor at McGill University, are the winners of $50,000 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes. The awards are handed out every year to one ... Read More »

May 1, 2006

Gill and Vaillant among BC Book Prize winners

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Jack Hodgins was the guest of honour at the BC Book Prizes gala in Vancouver on April 29, 2006. Born in Comox, the author was awarded the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. The rest ... Read More »

May 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Giller winner takes top prize at Manitoba book awards

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David Bergen's Giller Prize-winning novel The Time in Between, published by McClelland & Stewart, was the big winner at this weekend's Brave New Words: Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards Gala in Winnipeg. The Time in ... Read More »

May 1, 2006

Crummey, Moore, and Clark up for Newfoundland fiction prize

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This year, the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards are honouring fiction and children's literature. Both of the recently announced shortlists feature some notable names. In the running for the Bennington Gate Fiction Award are Joan ... Read More »

May 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Jaccard wins the Donner Prize

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Mark Jaccard's Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy, published by Cambridge University Press, has won the Donner Prize. The prize, which goes to the best book on ... Read More »

April 27, 2006

Key Cambridge University Press employee moves to OUP Canada

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After many years as the central Canadian employee of Cambridge University Press, Matt Adamson has a new position with an old competitor. Earlier this month, Adamson began work at Oxford University Press Canada as the ... Read More »

April 27, 2006

Harbourfront fills two posts

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International Readings at Harbourfront’s months-long search for personnel to fill two positions has recently ended with the hiring of Lindsey Love as publicist and Leah Heidenheim as assistant co-ordinator. “We had a lot of people ... Read More »

April 27, 2006

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Historic Kogawa home gets a little TLC

Awards anchor Atlantic Book Festival

Former HarperCollins employee tabbed to head Penguin marketing

Brossard collects $50,000 Molson Prize

Gill and Vaillant among BC Book Prize winners

Giller winner takes top prize at Manitoba book awards

Crummey, Moore, and Clark up for Newfoundland fiction prize

Jaccard wins the Donner Prize

Key Cambridge University Press employee moves to OUP Canada

Harbourfront fills two posts

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