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Munro, Newman lead Great Literary Award winners

The Writers’ Trust of Canada handed out $133,000 in prize money at the fourth annual Great Literary Awards, which took place March 9 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto. The event ... Read More »

March 9, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Itani, Glover shortlisted for IMPAC Award

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Douglas Glover's Governor General's Award-winning novel Elle and Frances Itani's Deafening have been shortlisted for the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The other shortlisted titles are Diane Awerbuck's Gardening at Night, Lars Saabye Christensen's ... Read More »

March 8, 2005 | Filed under: Book links

Top U.K. and U.S. publishers named to Harbourfront committee

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Beginning this year, Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre – home of the Harbourfront Reading Series and the International Festival of Authors – will have an international advisory committee to help organize author appearances. According to Harbourfront director ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

Winchester, Lethem, Heti lined up for new Halifax writers fest

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Following two years of planning, Halifax will join Toronto and Vancouver in celebrating writers with the first Halifax International Writers Festival, scheduled for April 6 through 10.The five-day festival will consist of author readings and ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

Less-travelled travel literature

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Q&Q asked Dwight Elliot, owner of The Travel Bug in Vancouver, to compile a list of travel literature worth a closer look. Here are his picks.Everybody who travels dreams of selling their stories to pay ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

The world looks at Lotusland

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We Canadians can be so self-conscious when others talk about us. Toronto, which so badly wants Bono or Mick or some other A-list geezer to call it “world-class,” has got to be the worst. Put ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

Into the wild

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I love regional travel guidebooks. My bookshelves hold titles about Ontario canoe routes, hiking trails in Wales and Cape Breton, and wildlife watching in Manitoba and Costa Rica. There’s something very appealing about a well-done ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

Collecting young readers

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Pop quiz: What type of publishing project (a) can increase youth literacy, (b) promotes Canadian writers, and (c) is underfunded by the Canada Council, according to its own research? No, it’s not Mortal Kombat as ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

Sharpe leaves Anansi to pursue “fantasy” project

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On his way back to Toronto after a 10-day trip to Africa, House of Anansi Press owner Scott Griffin finally got to check his Blackberry during a stopover at London’s Heathrow Airport Sunday and found ... Read More »

March 7, 2005

Discretionary spending?

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How much discretion should government agencies apply when distributing operating grants to publishers? That’s the question at the heart of two stories in this issue.Several publishers across the country are nervous about the future of ... Read More »

March 7, 2005 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

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Munro, Newman lead Great Literary Award winners

Itani, Glover shortlisted for IMPAC Award

Top U.K. and U.S. publishers named to Harbourfront committee

Winchester, Lethem, Heti lined up for new Halifax writers fest

Less-travelled travel literature

The world looks at Lotusland

Into the wild

Collecting young readers

Sharpe leaves Anansi to pursue “fantasy” project

Discretionary spending?

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