Orca, Gregory Younging recognized by BC book publishers
Orca Book Publishers and Indigenous publishing advocate Gregory Younging have been announced as the honourees of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia.
Annie Koyama on why Koyama Press will shutter in 2021
“Jaw-dropping” setting for crime-writing workshop on B.C.’s Pender Island
At the inaugural Crime Writing on Pender weekend workshop, running Oct. 12 – 14, up to 12 strangers will gather on B.C.’s Pender Island in a secluded inn built atop a 200-foot cliff, where Arthur Ellis Award–winning crime writer William Deverall will coach them in plotting sinister (fictional) deeds.
Jillian Tamaki wins third Eisner for graphic short-story collection Boundless
Toronto-based illustrator Jillian Tamaki has won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Graphic Album – Reprint for her 2017 collection Boundless.
Common Deer Press launches children’s book writing contest
Co-owners Ellie Sipila and Kirsten Marion have issued a challenge to Canadian writers, calling it an “Uncommon Quest for a Great Canadian Children’s Novel”
Madeline McIntosh, Penguin Random House U.S. CEO, to deliver 2018 IV keynote address
The keynote address for the 11th annual International Visitors Programme will be delivered by Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House U.S.
Michael Ondaatje, Esi Edugyan longlisted for Booker
Canadian authors Esi Edugyan and Michael Ondaatje have been longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
Daily Deals: Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee graphic memoir to Arsenal Pulp; Appetite acquires Davin de Kergommeaux’s whisky guide
New advocates join growing drive to donate Indigenous books to Ontario schools
More books by Indigenous authors have been pledged towards Ontario public schools by Anishinabek Nation, Portage & Main Press, and HarperCollins.
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