The 2010 picture book from B.C. publisher McKellar & Martin gets the Disney treatment
Justin Ling, Sharon Bala, and David Miller confirmed for Word on the Street’s first WOTS Plus+
The 28th annual Word on the Street Toronto book and magazine festival will expand to a weekend-long event for the first time this year, with an additional day of programming on Saturday, Sept. 22, branded WOTS Plus+.
PRHC hires Soulpepper’s Katie Saunoris as director of communications
Penguin Random House Canada has hired Katie Saunoris in the newly created position of director, communications.
AGO curator Wanda Nanibush on editing the art book, Rebecca Belmore: Facing the Monumental
How M&S readied Richard Wagamese’s unfinished final novel for publication
When author Richard Wagamese died in March 2017 at age 61, he was at work on a novel that would continue the story of Franklin Starlight, the protagonist of his 2014 novel Medicine Walk.
Eyewitness Travel series plans a relaunch for its silver anniversary
In honour of its 25th anniversary this October, the bestselling Eyewitness Travel series is getting its first full redesign in the series’ history.
Distribution change: UBC Press
Staffing and funding controversies plague the half-century-old literary journal The Malahat Review
For eight years, Iain Higgins, a professor in the University of Victoria’s English department, sat on the board for the prestigious literary journal The Malahat Review, where he also served as associate editor.
The Toronto Book Awards announces most diverse shortlist in 44 years
In an historic first, the Toronto Book Award’s shortlist is comprised entirely of people of colour for the first time in the prize’s 44-year history.