Nuit Blanche features works inspired by poets bpNichol and Moez Surani
Several Nuit Blanche performances and installations will pay homage to the written and spoken word.
Daily Deals: Susin Nielsen picture book to PRHC
Canadian authors answer the call for more female-empowerment kids’ books
Since 2016’s Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the market has been enriched with a deluge of female-empowerment books aimed at young readers.
Second Story Press and Anne Frank House answer kids’ questions about the Holocaust
Publisher Margie Wolfe discusses the new book All About Anne illustrated by Huck Scarry, Holocaust literature for children, and her personal connection to Anne’s story
Cundill History Prize announces shortlist
The Cundill History Prize has announced its shortlist.
Edugyan, Hage among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction finalists
The finalists have been announced for this year’s Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
Daily Deals: S&S picks up Jason McBride’s Kathy Acker biography; French rights acquired for Tanya Tagaq’s Split Tooth
Pauline Dakin’s memoir of “fugitive childhood” wins Edna Staebler Award
Journalist, professor, and writer Pauline Dakin has won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her memoir Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood.
Orca brings international rights and licensing in-house, with Barbara Howson to manage
As part of its ongoing expansion into global markets, Orca Book Publishers is bringing its international rights and licensing operations in-house.