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Q&A: Choreographer Janak Khendry adapts Paradise Lost for dance

It may be the 35th anniversary of his eponymous dance company, but Toronto choreographer and artistic director Janak Khendry hasn't been taking it easy. For the past three years Khendry has been focusing on one of ... Read More »

December 5, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

How Tanya Davis and Andrea Dorfman’s viral video landed a book deal

By Natalie Sequeira

When Tanya Davis and Andrea Dorfman collaborated to create the YouTube video-poem How to Be Alone, the Haligonian duo never imagined it would go viral, let alone lead to a book adaptation. Released in July ... Read More »

December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Canada Reads reveals celebrity defenders and titles

By Sue Carter

The CBC has announced the panellists and titles for the next Canada Reads, which runs March 3"“6. This year's panellists are: Philanthropist and activist Stephen Lewis defending The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood ... Read More »

November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Video: official trailer for Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten TV series

By Sue Carter

Canadian cable network Space has released the official trailer for Bitten, a television-series adaptation of Kelley Armstrong's 2001 debut novel. Published by Random House Canada, Bitten follows Elena Michaels, a Toronto journalist who also happens ... Read More »

November 22, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: Meat Locker Editions gives voice to under-represented writers

By Becky Robertson

Meat Locker Editions is a new indie publishing house and arts organization with an affinity for social activism. Established by designer/publisher Sarah Beaudin and Quattro Books assistant publisher Maddy Curry, the Toronto not-for-profit has a ... Read More »

November 21, 2013 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Cathy Marie Buchanan’s The Painted Girls to be adapted for TV

By Sue Carter

The CW Television Network is known for contemporary (and soapy) dramas like Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill. Now, the cable network is taking a step back in time with its new project, a period ... Read More »

November 21, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Quiz: Test your CanLit smarts

By Sue Carter

Think you know your CanLit? On Nov. 14, writers and patrons at the Writers' Trust of Canada's black-tie gala competed in a CanLit quiz, and now it's your turn. Click here to take the Writers' ... Read More »

November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Wordplay festival promises “most interesting uses of writing and words” in video games

By Becky Robertson

Wordplay, a free video game festival featuring "the most interesting uses of writing and words in contemporary games," is coming to the Toronto Reference Library on Nov. 16. Hosted by game-arts organization the Hand Eye Society, ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Writers’ Trust of Canada gala promises black-tie literary treasure hunts, authors, and CanLit trivia

By Sue Carter

Cummerbunds are being tied and hair swept into up-dos for tonight's Writers' Trust of Canada fundraising gala at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel. Hosted by CBC Radio's Gil Deacon and actor Zaib Shaikh, the black-tie event ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: Sherry Simon on honouring Montreal translator Sheila Fischman

By Becky Robertson

During a career as a literary translator that spans more than 30 years, Sheila Fischman has received a Governor General's Literary Award, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize, and has been invested into ... Read More »

November 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

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Q&A: Choreographer Janak Khendry adapts Paradise Lost for dance

How Tanya Davis and Andrea Dorfman’s viral video landed a book deal

Canada Reads reveals celebrity defenders and titles

Video: official trailer for Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten TV series

Q&A: Meat Locker Editions gives voice to under-represented writers

Cathy Marie Buchanan’s The Painted Girls to be adapted for TV

Quiz: Test your CanLit smarts

Wordplay festival promises “most interesting uses of writing and words” in video games

Writers’ Trust of Canada gala promises black-tie literary treasure hunts, authors, and CanLit trivia

Q&A: Sherry Simon on honouring Montreal translator Sheila Fischman

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