by Stuart Woods

Writers’ Trust launches $25,000 poetry prize

Canadian poets are being feted with a new prize that will recognize a writer for his or her exceptional body of work. The $25,000 Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, sponsored by the Latner Family Foundation, ... Read More »

April 22, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

OUP Canada president David Stover out as company restructures

By Stuart Woods

As part of a “reorganization” of its Canadian office, Oxford University Press Canada president David Stover has been let go. Three other management positions have also been eliminated in creative services, special markets, and the ... Read More »

April 10, 2014

Michael Serbinis out as Kobo CEO

By Stuart Woods

Michael Serbinis has been at the helm of Kobo since the company's earliest days, overseeing its development as Indigo's digital content division (known at the time as Shortcovers), helping rebrand the firm as a global ... Read More »

February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Authors lose out in Google Books ruling

By Stuart Woods

After a lengthy legal battle lasting the better part of a decade, the lawsuit against Google's massive book-scanning project has been dismissed by a New York court. U.S. circuit judge Denny Chin ruled against a ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Graeme Smith’s war memoir wins Weston Prize

By Stuart Woods

Former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Graeme Smith has won the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction for The Dogs Are Eating Them, a searing memoir about his time covering the Afghanistan war ... Read More »

October 22, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian-born Eleanor Catton wins Booker

By Stuart Woods

Canadian-born author Eleanor Catton has won the Man Booker Prize for her sprawling second novel, The Luminaries (McClelland & Stewart), an historical epic set during the 1860s New Zealand gold rush. At 28, Catton, who ... Read More »

October 15, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Kobzar shortlist announced

By Stuart Woods

The nominees for the 2014 Kobzar Literary Award, handed out every other year in recognition of Canadian books that present "a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit," include poetry, a play, a "folk history," and ... Read More »

October 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature [UPDATED]

By Stuart Woods

Alice Munro has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first Canadian (and only the 13th woman) to win one of the world's top literary accolades in the prize's 113-year history. In ... Read More »

October 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Giller shortlist offers excitement (and lots of new faces)

By Stuart Woods

The 20th anniversary shortlist of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, announced this morning in Toronto, contains some surprises, some new faces, and some past nominees. Among the biggest surprises is who was left off the list. ... Read More »

October 8, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Q&Q publishing industry survey suggests job satisfaction despite stagnant salaries, gender bias

By Stuart Woods

What is it like to work in book publishing in 2013? In some ways it has always been thus: publishing professionals are generally overworked and underpaid, but content in their chosen careers (if not their ... Read More »

October 3, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

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Writers’ Trust launches $25,000 poetry prize

OUP Canada president David Stover out as company restructures

Michael Serbinis out as Kobo CEO

Authors lose out in Google Books ruling

Graeme Smith’s war memoir wins Weston Prize

Canadian-born Eleanor Catton wins Booker

Kobzar shortlist announced

Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature [UPDATED]

Giller shortlist offers excitement (and lots of new faces)

Q&Q publishing industry survey suggests job satisfaction despite stagnant salaries, gender bias

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