The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council has announced that St. John's author and theatre artist Sara Tilley is the recipient of this year's BMO Winterset Award for her 2015 novel Duke (Pedlar Press). The award ... Read More »
Penguin Random House Canada has announced the sad news that celebrated editor and McClelland & Stewart publisher Ellen Seligman died today. The following message was sent to Seligman's colleagues from Penguin Random House Canada president ... Read More »
March 25, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
BookNet Canada has announced the inaugural So You Think You Can Code ebook design competition, taking place at its annual ebookcraft conference, will offer a $2,500 prize courtesy of e-reader company Rakuten Kobo. The competition ... Read More »
March 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
The Alcuin Society has announced this year's winners of its Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The first prize recipients in each of eight categories are as follows, with a full list of ... Read More »
The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced that B.C. children's author-illustrator Ashley Spires's 2011 picture book, Small Saul (Kids Can Press), about a little pirate who lets his individuality shine, is the choice title for ... Read More »
March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing
Mi'kmaq poet, spoken word performer, and slam master Rebecca Thomas has been named Halifax's new poet laureate. “Poetry can give a voice to the voiceless. Poetry can make a powerless person feel powerful. This is ... Read More »
March 15, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin was not the fifth Beatle, has not died. Also has not finished next book. (Flavorwire) 2016 Man Booker International Prize longlist announced. (The Telegraph) Supreme Court denies Apple's ... Read More »
March 10, 2016 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
Winnipeg author Maurice Mierau took home the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award on March 2 for his 2014 non-fiction title Detachment: An Adoption Memoir, about the authors' family's experience adopting two Ukrainian boys in 2005. The ... Read More »
In its March 28, 1969, issue, Quill & Quire reported on a new joint venture between Montreal's McGill University and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Together, the two institutions established McGill–Queen's University Press, "a successor ... Read More »
March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
A group of Canadian publishing professionals gathered at Toronto's Ben McNally Books on Feb. 29 to celebrate Simon & Schuster Canada editor Phyllis Bruce, who was recently appointed as a Member of the Order of ... Read More »
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