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Publishing today: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay

Owen Sound, Ontario, artist and author Elly MacKay caught our eye with her debut picture book, If You Hold a Seed (Running Press Kids/PGC) in 2013. Since then, MacKay has kept busy, releasing her second ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Indigo plans international store model, Montreal author-illustrator Meags Fitzgerald draws the lead-up to TCAF, and more

By Sarah Kester

Obama announces his favourite reads Indigo to unveil new store model next year, with the aim to take it beyond Canada The Path to TCAF: Montreal-based illustrator and author Meags Fitzgerald chronicles the lead up to TCAF ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Poetry Month Q&A: Elena Johnson on nature poetry, data, and writing from the alpine tundra

By Ariel Gordon

Elena Johnson is a Vancouver-based poet who recently launched her first book, Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra (Gaspereau Press). The collection was written and researched during a month-long stint in 2008 as writer-in-residence at ... Read More »

May 1, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Terry Fallis wins second Leacock Medal for No Relation

By Sarah Kester

Terry Fallis's fourth book, No Relation (McClelland & Stewart), has won him a second Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. The announcement was made today at the Best Western Mariposa Inn in Orillia. Fallis won the award in 2008 for ... Read More »

April 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Courtney Summers’ #ToTheGirls trends on Twitter

By Becky Robertson

Ontario YA author Courtney Summers has taken over social media yet again after having her latest title, All the Rage, picked up by Tumblr's reblog book club earlier this month. The author, who is known ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Patti Smith to release new memoir in the fall, In Cold Blood to become a TV series, and more

By Sarah Kester

Laline Paull's debut novel among those shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Patti Smith's follow-up memoir M Train release date is announced and cover art revealed Truman Capote's In Cold Blood optioned by the ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Courtney Summers’ All the Rage latest Tumblr Reblog book club pick

By Dory Cerny

If you don’t know the name Courtney Summers, be prepared to get used to hearing it. The Ontario-based author of YA novels including her 2009 debut Cracked Up to Be (a Cybil Award winner) and ... Read More »

April 2, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Title and cover revealed for new book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House Canada has revealed the North American title and book jacket for the fourth instalment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, written by Swedish author David Lagercrantz. The novel will appear Aug. 27 in ... Read More »

March 31, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, Book news

Naomi Klein longlisted for 2015 PEN Literary Award

By Becky Robertson

Naomi Klein has been longlisted for the biennial PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Non-fiction for her 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize–winning title, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Knopf Canada). The $10,000 award aims ... Read More »

March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced that its pop-up festival shop will remain in the Toronto Reference Library for the foreseeable future. Rebranded as Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop, the store offers a ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Bookselling, Events, Libraries

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Publishing today: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay

Indigo plans international store model, Montreal author-illustrator Meags Fitzgerald draws the lead-up to TCAF, and more

Poetry Month Q&A: Elena Johnson on nature poetry, data, and writing from the alpine tundra

Terry Fallis wins second Leacock Medal for No Relation

Courtney Summers’ #ToTheGirls trends on Twitter

Patti Smith to release new memoir in the fall, In Cold Blood to become a TV series, and more

Courtney Summers’ All the Rage latest Tumblr Reblog book club pick

Title and cover revealed for new book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series

Naomi Klein longlisted for 2015 PEN Literary Award

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

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