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Authors for Indies cross-Canada highlights

Independent booksellers and authors nationwide are gearing up for the second annual Canadian Authors for Indies Day on April 30, following the success of last year's inaugural event. More than 100 bookstores and nearly 800 ... Read More »

April 27, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Awards: Linwood Barclay, Alan Bradley, Judith Flanders make CrimeFest Awards shortlists

By Becky Robertson

Three Canadian authors have been shortlisted alongside J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith), Stephen King, and Paula Hawkins for the CrimeFest Awards, taking place at the U.K.'s annual crime-fiction convention. Prolific American-born, Canadian thriller writer Linwood ... Read More »

April 27, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour longlist includes Patrick deWitt, Susan Juby

By Becky Robertson

The Stephen Leacock Associates Board has released the longlist for its Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour award, a $15,000 prize recognizing the best of Canadian humour writing each year: J. David Cox, Our Life ... Read More »

April 27, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff receive 2016 National Business Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff's insider examination of the BlackBerry enterprise, Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry (HarperCollins Canada), has won the journalists this year's $30,000 National Business Book Award. The duo received ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Backlist: 63 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

Quill & Quire took a broad view of book news in its early days, regularly reporting on all things writerly. In its Stationary News section for April 1953, the magazine reported on the W.A. Sheaffer ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Seth, DeForge, Tamaki among Doug Wright Award nominees

By Conan Tobias

Nominees for the 2016 Doug Wright Awards were announced on April 21, with many established names featured alongside several up-and-comers. Montreal's Drawn & Quarterly dominated the best book award category, with five of the six ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Hal Niedzviecki joins serialization trend with his new novel, The Archaeologists

By Becky Robertson

Taking a tip from Dickens, writers and publishers – including Toronto author Gare Joyce, Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, and Stephen King, along with his publisher, Scribner – are heading a revival of serialized books. Toronto ... Read More »

April 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Literary Event Listings: April 18–24

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, APRIL 18 Jennifer Manuel and Tricia Dower: Book launch for The Heaviness of Things That Float and Becoming Lin. Book Warehouse, 4118 Main St., Vancouver. 7 p.m. Free TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Anansi Poetry ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Awards: Alix Christie and Nicholas Ruddock among finalists for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

By Becky Robertson

Canadians Alix Christie and Nicholas Ruddock, along with four other international writers, including Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlister Petina Gappah, have been shortlisted for the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. U.K.-based ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Awards: Anne Carson, Thomas King among 2016 Blue Metropolis Festival literary award winners

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-born poet Anne Carson, Montreal writer Ghayas Hachem, and American-Canadian author and aboriginal rights activist Thomas King were recognized with awards at the Blue Metropolis international literary festival in Montreal on April 16. Carson received ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

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Authors for Indies cross-Canada highlights

Awards: Linwood Barclay, Alan Bradley, Judith Flanders make CrimeFest Awards shortlists

Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour longlist includes Patrick deWitt, Susan Juby

Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff receive 2016 National Business Book Award

Backlist: 63 years ago in Quill & Quire

Seth, DeForge, Tamaki among Doug Wright Award nominees

Hal Niedzviecki joins serialization trend with his new novel, The Archaeologists

Literary Event Listings: April 18–24

Awards: Alix Christie and Nicholas Ruddock among finalists for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

Awards: Anne Carson, Thomas King among 2016 Blue Metropolis Festival literary award winners

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