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Backlist: 68 years ago in Quill & Quire, John McClelland gave Barbara Ann Scott a cookbook

When Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win Olympic gold in ladies single figure skating, at the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she became known as Canada's Sweetheart. Along with ... Read More »

April 14, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Awards: Timothy Caulfield, Cybele Young among Science in Society Book Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Science Writers' Association has named the finalists for its $1,000 Science in Society Book Awards, spotlighting the best Canadian titles on scientific topics published the year prior: Middle Grades Book Award Maria Birmingham; ... Read More »

April 12, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Events: April 11–17

By Conan Tobias

FEATURED EVENT Blue Metropolis: Montreal’s international literary festival celebrates its 18th year, with 228 writers and performers taking the stage over the week-long event, including Joseph Boyden, Anakana Schofield, Carmen Aguirre, and Richard Blanco. Eleanor ... Read More »

April 11, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

CBC mini-series adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught set for 2017

By Becky Robertson

Details have been confirmed for the TV adaptation of Newfoundland author Lisa Moore's 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize– and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize–shortlisted novel Caught (House of Anansi Press). The six-part mini-series will debut on ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Awards: 2016 Aurora science-fiction awards shortlists announced

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the shortlists for its annual Aurora Awards, recognizing English-language Canadian titles of the genre in a number of both professionally published and fan categories. CSFFA members ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book Links: Shakespeare’s missing head; HarperCollins opens French office; a contest for book collectors

By Becky Robertson

HarperCollins buys out Hachette Livre's interest in Harlequin SA to create HarperCollins France. (Publishers Weekly) The mystery of Shakespeare's missing skull. (Atlas Obscura) New Kobo e-reader to launch for Mother's Day. (Good e-Reader) U.K.'s Publishers ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Olive Senior wins OCM Bocas Prize for fiction

By Becky Robertson

Jamaican-born, Toronto-based poet and novelist Olive Senior has been named winner of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in the fiction category for her novel The Pain Tree (Cormorant Books). The win pits ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Allan Stratton, Frieda Wishinsky make 2016 IODE Violet Downey Book Award shortlist

By Becky Robertson

National women's charitable organization IODE has released the shortlist for its annual Violet Downey Book Award, honouring English-language children's books of 500 words or more published in Canada over the past year: Karen Bass; Uncertain ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing

Book Links: Margaret MacMillan launches video series; Trump for kids; a plagiarism mystery

By Becky Robertson

Author-historian Margaret MacMillan launches video series. (CBC Books) A look at the University of British Columbia's recently acquired medieval manuscripts. (Publishing Perspectives) Irish author Eilis O'Hanlon discovers her 13-year-old mystery novel was plagiarized – and ... Read More »

March 30, 2016 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Poem in Your Pocket Day comes to Canada

By Becky Robertson

Poem in Your Pocket Day, an event that encourages readers to carry a specially selected poem around with them and share it with others, will be extended to Canada for the first time ever on ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

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Quill and Quire

Backlist: 68 years ago in Quill & Quire, John McClelland gave Barbara Ann Scott a cookbook

Awards: Timothy Caulfield, Cybele Young among Science in Society Book Awards finalists

Events: April 11–17

CBC mini-series adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught set for 2017

Awards: 2016 Aurora science-fiction awards shortlists announced

Book Links: Shakespeare’s missing head; HarperCollins opens French office; a contest for book collectors

Olive Senior wins OCM Bocas Prize for fiction

Allan Stratton, Frieda Wishinsky make 2016 IODE Violet Downey Book Award shortlist

Book Links: Margaret MacMillan launches video series; Trump for kids; a plagiarism mystery

Poem in Your Pocket Day comes to Canada

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