Arsenal Pulp Press has sold an option for the film rights to Jane, by Judy MacDonald. The novel, which Arsenal co-published with Mercury Press in 1999, was optioned to Jerry Ciccoritti, a director and owner ... Read More »

Alistair MacLeod has become the fifth McClelland & Stewart author in five years to be shortlisted for the lucrative IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. MacLeod, nominated for his novel No Great Mischief, was one of six ... Read More »

Authors Helen Humphreys, Erna Paris, and Trevor Herriot were each $10,000 richer yesterday, following a round of awards bestowed by the Writers’ Trust of Canada at a ceremony in Toronto.Humphreys won the Rogers Writers’ Trust ... Read More »

In a program that’s a first for Canadian libraries, the Winnipeg Public Library will feature a storyteller-in-residence for the next 12 weeks. In conjunction with the group Storytellers of Canada, the library recently named Mary ... Read More »

No kids need apply for a new literary prize being administered by the Calgary Foundation. The Brenda Strathern Late Bloomers Prize is a $5,000 award open to Calgary residents aged 40 and above who are ... Read More »

Torstar Corporation’s year-end results for 2000, released this week, were boosted considerably by a 16% increase in earnings from the Harlequin book publishing division. After a decline in 1999, Harlequin’s earnings last year returned to ... Read More »

On Mar. 30, Canada AM, CTV’s morning news and information show, will launch its own Oprah-style book club dedicated almost exclusively to Canadian fiction. Specific plans for the 10-minute segment are still being worked out, ... Read More »

The Periodical Writers Association of Canada has been rocked by the resignation of its executive director and the threat of two possible lawsuits.In a letter sent to the association’s membership on Feb. 20, executive director ... Read More »