by Sue Carter

Indian Horse author Richard Wagamese dead at 61

Ojibway author and journalist Richard Wagamese has died at 61. Wagamese, a member of the Wabaseemoong First Nation who was born in Northern Ontario and resided in Kamloops, B.C., was the son of residential school survivors and ... Read More »

March 11, 2017

Book Links: Writers on their Buffy love; the dark history behind Beauty and the Beast

By Sue Carter

Kerry Washington to produce adaptation of Britt Bennett's debut novel, The Mothers. (Hollywood Reporter) Marlon James, Neil Gaiman, and eight other writers share their love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer on its 20-year anniversary. (Literary ... Read More »

March 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

L’Euguélionne, Canada’s only feminist-focused bookstore, opens in Montreal

By Sue Carter

In the summer of 2015, Marie-Ève Blais was working at a Montreal bookstore when she noticed that Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own had been shelved in the fiction section. Annoyed to discover the ... Read More »

March 8, 2017

Personnel changes: Raincoast Books hires ZG Communications

By Sue Carter

Vancouver-based distribution and wholesale company Raincoast Books has hired ZG Communications to promote a selection of lead book titles from Canadian and international publishers. The initial scope of the project will involve two national publicity ... Read More »

March 7, 2017

Q&A: Greg Younging on editing indigenous works, story ownership, and Canadian publishing

By Sue Carter

Joseph Boyden was recently in the media again, following questions about his indigenous ancestry. This time, he is facing accusations of similarities between his 2001 short story “Bearwalker” and a story by Ojibway storyteller Ron Geyshick. ... Read More »

March 6, 2017

Four-time nominee Ross King wins $25,000 Taylor Prize for Mad Enchantment

By Sue Carter

The fourth time was lucky for Ross King, who won the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize on March 6 for Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of Water Lilies (Bond Street Books). Mad Enchantment was previously shortlisted ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Daily Deals: George Elliott Clarke’s family memoir acquired by Knopf Canada; French rights for Notes from a Feminist Killjoy

By Sue Carter

Knopf Canada editor Amanda Betts has acquired Canadian English-language rights to novelist and Parliamentary poet laureate George Elliott Clarke's family memoir. The multi-generational saga includes an opera star, a war hero, a religious leader, a wild ... Read More »

March 3, 2017

Book Links: Lou Reed archive heading to NYPL; Tina Brown writes ’80s memoir

By Sue Carter

Sweet Jane! The New York Public Library acquires Lou Reed's complete archive. (The New Yorker) What will Penguin Random House get out of its $65,000 deal with the Obamas? (Vox) Former Vanity Fair editor Tina ... Read More »

March 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming April titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program. The Last Neanderthal, Claire Cameron (Doubleday Canada) Beartown, Fredrik Backman (Simon & Schuster Canada) Within the Sanctuary ... Read More »

March 3, 2017

New bookstore opening in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood

By Sue Carter

Two Toronto booksellers are preparing to launch their own shop in the city's east end. Queen Books, located on the popular Leslieville strip, is scheduled to open in early April. Co-owners Alex Snider and Liz ... Read More »

March 2, 2017

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Indian Horse author Richard Wagamese dead at 61

Book Links: Writers on their Buffy love; the dark history behind Beauty and the Beast

L’Euguélionne, Canada’s only feminist-focused bookstore, opens in Montreal

Personnel changes: Raincoast Books hires ZG Communications

Q&A: Greg Younging on editing indigenous works, story ownership, and Canadian publishing

Four-time nominee Ross King wins $25,000 Taylor Prize for Mad Enchantment

Daily Deals: George Elliott Clarke’s family memoir acquired by Knopf Canada; French rights for Notes from a Feminist Killjoy

Book Links: Lou Reed archive heading to NYPL; Tina Brown writes ’80s memoir

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming April titles

New bookstore opening in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood

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