by Ryan Porter

Finalists announced for first Nelson Ball Prize, celebrating “poetry of observation”

The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Nelson Ball Prize. The prize, named for the late Paris, Ontario, poet, publisher, and bookseller Nelson Ball, is awarded for “poetry of observation” that was published in ... Read More »

December 3, 2020

Desmond Cole will donate half his Toronto Book Award prize winnings as he calls for TPL, city of Toronto “to do better”

By Ryan Porter

Desmond Cole called for “our institutions to do better” as he accepted the Toronto Book Award on Nov. 30. Cole won the award, presented for "books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of ... Read More »

December 2, 2020

Writers’ Trust honours four career authors with $25,000 prizes

By Ryan Porter

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced the recipients of four $25,000 prizes for career writers: Dennis Lee, Kerri Sakamoto, Armand Garnett Ruffo, and Marianne Dubuc. Though the live reception where the authors would traditionally ... Read More »

December 2, 2020

Thomas King, Linda Leith among literary figures to receive 2020 Order of Canada

By Ryan Porter

Governor General Julie Payette announced this year’s recipients of the Order of Canada on Nov. 27. Among the 114 new appointees were members of the Canadian literary community, including these five figures familiar to readers ... Read More »

November 30, 2020

See how Edmonton artist Nick Thornborrow reimagined the saints through his video-game aesthetic

By Ryan Porter

Designing video-game backgrounds for the dark fantasy role-playing game Dragon Age is not necessarily the most intuitive first step towards working in Christian children’s publishing. But it worked for Nick Thornborrow, an Edmonton artist who ... Read More »

November 30, 2020

Shyam Selvadurai and Deepa Mehta on Funny Boy’s 26-year journey to the screen

By Ryan Porter

In the 26 years since Shyam Selvadurai first published Funny Boy (McClelland & Stewart), his classic suite of interconnected stories featuring a young man’s queer coming-of-age against the backdrop of simmering ethnic tensions in Sri ... Read More »

November 26, 2020

Montreal mayor Valérie Plante and illustrator Delphie Côté-Lacroix are perfect running mates for a political comic book

By Ryan Porter

When she was invited to a secret meeting with Montreal mayor Valérie Plante, Delphie Côté-Lacroix didn’t know what to expect. It was August 2018, and Plante, the first woman to be elected mayor of Canada’s ... Read More »

November 26, 2020

Bookstore spotlight: The 50-year legacy of A Different Drummer Books

By Ryan Porter

When asked how A Different Drummer Books has survived 50 years in the turbulent bookselling business, owner Ian Elliot credits the community of booklovers in Burlington, Ont. “We’re lucky,” he says. “We’ve had very supportive ... Read More »

November 20, 2020

Jessica J. Lee, Gil Adamson take top prizes at Writers’ Trust Books of the Year edition

By Ryan Porter

Thirteen years after publishing her debut novel The Outlander, Gil Adamson has won the $50,000 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for its follow-up, Ridgerunner (House of Anansi Press). The Western, about a thief’s final heist set ... Read More »

November 18, 2020

Andrea Benoit’s book on M·A·C and AIDS wins $30,000 National Business Book Award

By Ryan Porter

Andrea Benoit has won the $30,000 National Business Book Award for VIVA MˑAˑC: AIDS, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of MˑAˑC Cosmetics (University of Toronto Press). The book looks at the Canadian makeup company’s pioneering ... Read More »

November 18, 2020

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Finalists announced for first Nelson Ball Prize, celebrating “poetry of observation”

Desmond Cole will donate half his Toronto Book Award prize winnings as he calls for TPL, city of Toronto “to do better”

Writers’ Trust honours four career authors with $25,000 prizes

Thomas King, Linda Leith among literary figures to receive 2020 Order of Canada

See how Edmonton artist Nick Thornborrow reimagined the saints through his video-game aesthetic

Shyam Selvadurai and Deepa Mehta on Funny Boy’s 26-year journey to the screen

Montreal mayor Valérie Plante and illustrator Delphie Côté-Lacroix are perfect running mates for a political comic book

Bookstore spotlight: The 50-year legacy of A Different Drummer Books

Jessica J. Lee, Gil Adamson take top prizes at Writers’ Trust Books of the Year edition

Andrea Benoit’s book on M·A·C and AIDS wins $30,000 National Business Book Award

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