by Sue Carter

Book Links: tributes continue for poet C.D. Wright; Teju Cole on fairness in photojournalism

The Griffin Prize honours its 2009 international winner and 2014 juror, C.D. Wright. (Griffin Prize) Ben Lerner pays tribute to Wright (New Yorker), as does Craig Morgan Teicher. (NPR) Wright's own words on "The New ... Read More »

January 15, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Arsenal Pulp acquires second novel by Ashley Little

By Sue Carter

Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired rights to the road-trip novel Niagara Motel, the sophomore title by B.C. author Ashley Little (Anatomy of a Girl Gang). The book will be published in September ... Read More »

December 21, 2015

Putnam acquires debut novel by Toronto author Bianca Marais

By Sue Carter

World rights to Toronto author Bianca Marais's debut novel, Hum If You Don't Know the Words, have been sold to Putnam. The novel follows an English girl in apartheid-era Johannesburg as she forms a family ... Read More »

December 21, 2015

WLU Press director Brian Henderson retires

By Sue Carter

Back in November 1999, on Brian Henderson’s first day as director of Wilfrid Laurier University Press, he found an information package about creating digital books sitting on his desk. “I had never seen this before,” ... Read More »

December 21, 2015

St. John’s poet laureate George Murray resigns over city’s budget cuts to arts

By Sue Carter

St. John’s poet laureate George Murray has taken a bold stand against the Newfoundland city's "shortsighted and offensive" cuts to arts funding by resigning from the position. According to the Telegram, Murray is responding to ... Read More »

December 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

National Post books editor Emily Keeler leaves for The Walrus

By Sue Carter

National Post books editor Emily Keeler has announced she is leaving the newspaper to take a position as senior editor at The Walrus. While National Post editor-in-chief Anne Marie Owens did not give any details ... Read More »

December 18, 2015

Norm MacDonald’s memoir promises fact and fiction, hilarity

By Sue Carter

Who is Turd Ferguson? We will probably never really know, but come this fall, fans of Norm MacDonald – the comedic genius behind the Saturday Night Live character – will get to know the Canadian comedian ... Read More »

December 18, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Book Links: Heritage minister Melanie Joly suggests CBC should take risks like Vice; kids’ publisher hits record profits after leaving Amazon

By Sue Carter

Heritage minister Mélanie Joly thinks CBC should take more risks – like Vice. (CBC) Molly Crabapple's heartbreaking interviews and portraits of Syrian refugees. (Vice) Cash in, I do: First lines of famous novels rewritten in Yoda syntax. ... Read More »

December 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Raincoast to distribute Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing

By Sue Carter

Effective Jan. 1, Raincoast Books will take over Canadian distribution of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing, handling all sales, marketing, and logistics. The arrangement also includes distribution of Larousse, with the exception of bilingual editions ... Read More »

December 18, 2015

Q&A: Rosemary Sullivan on her 2015 Book of the Year, Stalin’s Daughter

By Sue Carter

Master biographer Rosemary Sullivan was praised for her exhaustive knowledge and the sense of humanity that permeates her latest book, Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). Sullivan conducted this ... Read More »

December 1, 2015

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Book Links: tributes continue for poet C.D. Wright; Teju Cole on fairness in photojournalism

Arsenal Pulp acquires second novel by Ashley Little

Putnam acquires debut novel by Toronto author Bianca Marais

WLU Press director Brian Henderson retires

St. John’s poet laureate George Murray resigns over city’s budget cuts to arts

National Post books editor Emily Keeler leaves for The Walrus

Norm MacDonald’s memoir promises fact and fiction, hilarity

Book Links: Heritage minister Melanie Joly suggests CBC should take risks like Vice; kids’ publisher hits record profits after leaving Amazon

Raincoast to distribute Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing

Q&A: Rosemary Sullivan on her 2015 Book of the Year, Stalin’s Daughter

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