After the success of its “Screenwriter” fundraiser last year, PEN Canada is preparing an encore. “Screenwriter: Take Two,” to be held Friday, Mar. 30, will examine the process of adapting fiction to film, using the ... Read More »

With glitz and awards, a new publishing industry association in Quebec hopes to raise the profile of French-language publishing. Next fall the Association du livre francophone d’Amérique (ALFA) will sponsor a new set of literary ... Read More »

The Canadian Library Association “is facing a significant crisis,” says an internal report released yesterday. Titled “Writing the Future,” the report calls for the association to step up its advocacy work – and has already ... Read More »

One has won the Giller Prize, the other the Governor-General’s Award – and in May, David Adams Richards and Nega Mezlekia will square off for the Trillium Book Prize, the annual literary award administered by ... Read More »

As the deadline looms for a Bureau of Competition Policy decision over the proposed Chapters-Indigo merger, Chapters’ president and CEO Heather Reisman has established a special committee at Chapters to discuss terms of a merger ... Read More »

Groundwood authors picked up three nominations for the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award late last week, nabbing two in the picture book category and one in YA.Winners will be announced on April 23 – Canada ... Read More »

Book Television and BookExpo Canada have teamed up to bring author interviews and panel discussions to this year’s bookseller convention in Toronto.A stage will be set up on the trade show floor of the Metro ... Read More »

Two B.C. retailers are crying foul over the laydown of J.K. Rowling’s new books, released last week to support the British charity Comic Relief. Munro’s Book Store and Bolen’s Books, both in Victoria, say Raincoast ... Read More »

In an effort to heighten the profile of its poetry program, House of Anansi will help promote National Poetry Month on both sides of the border this year. Anansi paid an undisclosed fee to participate ... Read More »