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Jen Neale wins Bronwen Wallace Award

Jen Neale has won the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers for her story "Elk-Headed Man." The Writers' Trust of Canada presented the $5,000 prize to the 28-year-old Vancouver writer at a ceremony in ... Read More »

May 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Playwrights Guild of Canada celebrates 40 years with reading series

By Natalie Samson

The Playwrights Guild of Canada is marking four decades of service to the Canadian theatre community with a week-long reading series. Beginning Monday and running until May 4, five award-winning Canadian playwrights will read from ... Read More »

May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

First Nation Communities Read shortlist revealed

By Natalie Samson

Ontario's First Nation public librarians have announced the shortlist for the annual First Nation Communities Read contest. Bear Walker: Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws, Chad Solomon and Christopher Meyer (Little Spirit Bear Productions) Call ... Read More »

May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Scholastic, Kids Can among winners at 2012 Hackmatack awards

By Natalie Samson

The winners of the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in Moncton on Friday. The awards recognize children's writing in Atlantic Canada and are voted on by students in Grades 4 ... Read More »

April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Library and Archives Canada to eliminate more than 100 positions

By Sue Carter

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the country's largest union of federal workers, has given layoff notices to 235 of its members at Library and Archives Canada. According ... Read More »

April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Gwyn wins $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen prize

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Richard Gwyn's Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times; Volume Two: 1867 - 1891 (Random House Canada), the second volume in the two-part biography of Canada's first Prime Minister, is the recipient of ... Read More »

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Tor, Forge to remove digital rights management from ebooks

By Natalie Samson

Starting in July 2012, ebooks from Tom Doherty Associates imprints Tor, Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen will be distributed without digital rights management. The New York“based publisher, a subsidiary of Macmillan, posted the announcement ... Read More »

April 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

By Natalie Samson

Presses de l'Université Laval has released an online e-bookstore and a free iPad e-reading app. The products were developed by Nu-book, a Quebec-based digital publishing company, and launched last week. Presently, 213 iPad-ready versions of ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

By Sue Carter

Toronto's Pride and Prejudice fans will don their finest gloves and gowns for A Weekend with Jane Austen (April 20“22), a three-day event that celebrates the 1812 Regency era with workshops, lectures, tours, and period ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

2012 Arthur Ellis nominees announced

By Natalie Samson

Crime Writers of Canada revealed the shortlists for the 29th annual Arthur Ellis Awards on Thursday evening at the Manulife Centre Indigo in Toronto. The event featured readings by nominated writers, including novelist Robert Rotenberg. ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Jen Neale wins Bronwen Wallace Award

Playwrights Guild of Canada celebrates 40 years with reading series

First Nation Communities Read shortlist revealed

Scholastic, Kids Can among winners at 2012 Hackmatack awards

Library and Archives Canada to eliminate more than 100 positions

Richard Gwyn wins $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen prize

Tor, Forge to remove digital rights management from ebooks

Presses de l’UniversitÃ© de Laval launches e-reading app, e-bookstore

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

2012 Arthur Ellis nominees announced

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