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Margaret Atwood and Margaret MacMillan join 2016 Jaipur Literature Festival roster

Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Margaret MacMillan, along with Montreal photographer Velibor Božović, will join a roster of more than 222 authors from India and abroad at the 2016 ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, which runs ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Events

Telling Tales donates $12,000 to local literacy organizations

By Becky Robertson

Telling Tales, a Hamilton-based organization that promotes and financially supports children's literature, has awarded funds to three literacy groups. Early Literacy Hamilton’s Read to Your Baby program received $5,200, the city’s Rotary Summer Literacy Program ... Read More »

November 25, 2015 | Filed under: Events

CANSCAIP art show at Humber College Lakeshore campus

By Dory Cerny

Today marks the opening of Paging Imagination: The Art of Picture Books, the annual art show and sale put on by the Canadian Society of Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP). The exhibit, which runs until ... Read More »

November 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing, Events

Q&A: Will O’Neill, WordPlay festival director

By Becky Robertson

On Nov. 7, the Toronto Reference Library will be home to an array of readers, gamers, and a lot of in-betweeners at the 2015 WordPlay festival. In its third year, the event aims to “marry ... Read More »

November 4, 2015 | Filed under: Events

Dr. Seuss anniversary exhibition comes to Toronto

By Becky Robertson

Toronto’s Liss Gallery is hosting an exhibition to honour the 25th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – the last book published before the author’s death in 1991 – from Dec. 4 ... Read More »

November 3, 2015 | Filed under: Events

Tie Domi book tour to feature travelling personal museum

By Becky Robertson

To promote his forthcoming book, Shift Work, former NHL player Tie Domi is bringing a collection of memorabilia from his career – a 48-foot double-expandable trailer's worth – on a month-long Canadian book tour. Simon ... Read More »

October 26, 2015 | Filed under: Events

Photos: Clara Hughes and Jody Mitic book tour

By Becky Robertson

Simon & Schuster Canada bestselling authors Olympian Clara Hughes and former soldier turned Ottawa city councillor Jody Mitic each launched their new memoir on a cross-country book tour last month. See photos from the launches ... Read More »

September 22, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Happy 50th, Coach House Books!

By Sue Carter

On Aug. 27, Coach House Books celebrated 50 years at its annual end-of-summer Wayzgoose shindig (made memorable by touching speeches and a surprise appearance by '80s icon and author Molly Ringwald.) Here's founder Stan Bevington ... Read More »

August 28, 2015 | Filed under: Events

Photos: Tom Mulcair book launch

By Becky Robertson

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair officially launched his memoir, Strength of Conviction (Dundurn Press), ... Read More »

August 26, 2015 | Filed under: Events

Writers at Woody Point rename Heritage Theatre after Shelagh Rogers

By Becky Robertson

The Writers at Woody Point literary festival held in Newfoundland's Bonne Bay region, presented annually by Friends of Writers at Woody Point, has renamed its historic Heritage Theatre after the festival's host, CBC Radio's Shelagh ... Read More »

August 17, 2015 | Filed under: Events, People

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