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Glad Day Bookshop helps build library at LGBTQS youth shelter

Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop has launched a charity project to support Sprott House, Canada's first LGBTQ2S youth shelter, which was founded last summer and opens in February. The bookseller is donating more than $800 of ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Emma Donoghue nominated for best adapted screenplay Oscar

By Becky Robertson

Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has been nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplay adaptation of her 2010 novel, Room. The film's star, Brie Larson, won a Golden Globe earlier this week for her performance. ... Read More »

January 14, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

St. John’s poet laureate George Murray resigns over city’s budget cuts to arts

By Sue Carter

St. John’s poet laureate George Murray has taken a bold stand against the Newfoundland city's "shortsighted and offensive" cuts to arts funding by resigning from the position. According to the Telegram, Murray is responding to ... Read More »

December 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Lawrence Hill, Emily St. John Mandel among authors longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2016

By Becky Robertson

CBC has announced the longlist for next year's Canada Reads, its annual debate in which panelists each champion a Canadian title as the best of a particular theme or category. The 2016 faceoff will feature ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Graphic novelist Jeff Lemire’s Essex County to be adapted for TV

By Becky Robertson

First Generation Films has announced it has optioned television rights to Toronto comics artist Jeff Lemire's Essex County, a trilogy of short graphic novels published by Georgia-based Top Shelf Productions. Aaron Martin (Degrassi: The Next ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Deals

First Book Canada donates one millionth book of 2015

By Becky Robertson

First Book Canada, the non-profit literacy organization, donated its one millionth book of the year at a special reading celebration in partnership with Corus Entertainment on Dec. 14. A second grade student from Toronto was ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Ashley Spires’ The Most Magnificent Thing marks 100,000 copies sold

By Becky Robertson

Toronto's Kids Can Press has announced the sale of more than 100,000 copies of B.C.-based picture-book author Ashley Spires' The Most Magnificent Thing since the title's publication in April 2014. The inspirational story follows a ... Read More »

December 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

By Becky Robertson

Toronto- and Montreal-based author and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald – who is currently serving as Concordia University's inaugural Mordecai Richler writer-in-residence – will see her debut 1996 novel Fall on Your Knees adapted into a four-part CBC ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Alexis, Penny, Reid represent Canadians on 2015 Amazon.ca bestseller lists

By Becky Robertson

André Alexis, Louise Penny, and Raziel Reid are the three lone Canadians on Amazon.ca's lists of 2015 bestselling titles. Amazon.ca's overall top-selling books list was led by Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train, and ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Bestsellers, Book news

2015 RBC Taylor Prize longlist revealed, juror Steven Galloway steps down

By Becky Robertson

The longlist for this year's RBC Taylor Prize for Canadian literary non-fiction has been announced. The jury – comprising Susanne Boyce, former CTV content and creative president; novelist Steven Galloway; and Stephen J. Toope, director of ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Glad Day Bookshop helps build library at LGBTQS youth shelter

Emma Donoghue nominated for best adapted screenplay Oscar

St. John’s poet laureate George Murray resigns over city’s budget cuts to arts

Lawrence Hill, Emily St. John Mandel among authors longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2016

Graphic novelist Jeff Lemire’s Essex County to be adapted for TV

First Book Canada donates one millionth book of 2015

Ashley Spires’ The Most Magnificent Thing marks 100,000 copies sold

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

Alexis, Penny, Reid represent Canadians on 2015 Amazon.ca bestseller lists

2015 RBC Taylor Prize longlist revealed, juror Steven Galloway steps down

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