Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Padma Viswanathan reads from The Toss of a Lemon, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary (May 20, 7:30 p.m., ... Read More »

The new Conservative federal cabinet was sworn in today, with few surprises. On the arts and culture front, James Moore was once again named minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Moore's re-appointment comes a ... Read More »

Tonight, Coach House Books and Three O'Clock Press are celebrating Toronto lit-punk icon Daniel Jones (The Shop, 1566 Queen Street West, 7:30 p.m). This story on the reissue of two of Jones's books ran in ... Read More »

Toronto writers Agnes Tomasov and Marian Domanski have won silver medals for their Holocaust memoirs at the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The IPPY Awards are a "non-affiliated awards program open to all members of ... Read More »

Man Booker International Prize judge withdraws over Philip Roth's win Birther book pulled from shelves and pulped one day after its release Apple will make its first appearance at Book Expo America There are no ... Read More »

The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the shortlist for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Every two years the international prize, also known as the "Little Nobel," is presented to an ... Read More »