The Edinburgh International Book Festival’s associate director Roland Gulliver will become the first non-Canadian director of the Toronto International Festival of Authors.
The Authors’ Book Club connects enthusiastic readers with writers
A Christmas Eve lunch between authors David Albertyn and Ann Y.K. Choi led to a new online initiative.
Daily Deals: Vagrant picks up historical love story from Stephens Gerard Malone
Stuart Ross to launch Nelson Ball Prize for Canadian poetry
The inaugural $1,000 prize will recognize Canadian poetry publications released in 2018 or 2019.
Personnel change: Catherine Gerbasi acquires sole ownership of Portage & Main
Daily Deal: Journalist Curt Petrovich’s book about 2007 taser death to EMAfilms
Vancouver Public Library will accept room booking from controversial gender-identity group
The socially conservative group Gender Identity YVR will host a panel discussion about gender and children at Vancouver’s Central Library.
Personnel change: The Rights Factory
Toronto school board to give every Grade 6 student a copy of Hana’s Suitcase
Written by Karen Levine, the book has won numerous awards and has been beloved and studied over the past 18 years, telling the story of siblings George and Hana Brady in the 1930s and the Japanese educator who sought out their story in 2000.