Children’s Book Bank to give away 10,000 books at TTC stations
Save the date: the non-profit will be handing out free kids’ books at three Toronto subway stations on Sept. 16
Daily Deals: Dundurn acquires modern wedding guide; Douglas & McIntyre to publish birding memoir
How UTP’s new series uses comics to represent scholarly ethnographic research
“Comics have the ability to create an emotional connection between the reader and the subject, which contributes to a greater understanding of the issues at hand,” says UTP’s acquisitions editor for anthropology and sociology.
Toronto’s Dominik Parisien wins Hugo Award for co-editing Uncanny Magazine’s “Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!”
Toronto writer and editor Dominik Parisien has won a Hugo Award for co-editing Uncanny Magazine’s Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction! special issue.

Aimee Reid tells kids the story of Mister Rogers
Mister Rogers is currently having a moment, with a documentary, a biopic starring Tom Hanks, and You Are My Friend, a just-published picture book.
Seven U.S. publishers band together in copyright suit over Amazon-owned Audible’s proposed “Audible Captions”
The Association of American Publishers and a consortium of seven U.S. publishers filed a copyright suit against Amazon on Aug. 23 in advance of its planned launch of Audible Captions this September.
Daily Deal: Dundurn acquires rights to debut novel from Canadian-Nigerian author Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
Botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger will speak to environmental sustainability at Words in the Woods festival
The fourth annual Words in the Woods literary festival will champion environmental sustainability with author and botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger serving as the keynote speaker.
Vancouver’s LiterAsian Festival announces 2019 lineup
Six writers have been announced as part of the itinerary for the seventh annual LiterAsian Festival.