Winnipeg playwright Brian Drader was announced the winner of the drama category at the 16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, held in Chicago on June 3. His play Prok, based on the life of the infamous ... Read More »
June 8, 2004
The League of Canadian Poets handed out this year's Pat Lowther Memorial and Gerald Lampert Memorial awards on June 5 at their annual general meeting in Montreal. The Lampert, which honours the best first book ... Read More »
June 8, 2004
The ReLit Awards, which are given annually to books from independent Canadian literary publishers, have nominated four titles in each of three categories for this year's shortlist. The winners will be announced on June 26, ... Read More »
June 8, 2004
Last week, when NDP leader Jack Layton unveiled his party’s platform for the June 28 federal election, his promise to remove the GST on books and magazines sounded very familiar to the Canadian publishing industry ... Read More »
June 7, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Among the first-time exhibitors at BookExpo America in Chicago this past weekend was Abebooks.com. So far, the Victoria-based online bookselling network has dealt only in used and rare books, but last week the firm formally ... Read More »
June 7, 2004
The Department of Canadian Heritage and the Book and Periodical Council are trying to liven up this year’s Book Summit by introducing a more informal companion event to be held the following evening. Book Summit ... Read More »
June 7, 2004
More than 20 Toronto writers, including Wayson Choy, Judith Thompson, Susan Swan, and Deborah Ellis, are coming together on Thursday for Getting It Write, a literary event that will raise funds for the victims of ... Read More »
June 7, 2004
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