Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje has been voted the Golden Man Booker Prize-winner for his 1992 historical novel The English Patient.
Pajama Press hires former Q&Q BfYP editor Dory Cerny
Andrea Dorfman’s message of self-acceptance resonates in the graphic-novel adaptation of her film Flawed
Writer and illustrator Andrea Dorfman ends Flawed, her story of overcoming adolescent awkwardness, with a photo of herself at age 14. “With the wisdom of an older person looking back, I look at that picture now and I just love that girl so much,” Dorfman, 49, says. “As we get older we realize these differences that make us stand out are what make us unique.”
No forecasted outcome: Writer Sarah Sawler on co-authoring with YouTube weather star Frankie MacDonald
When Nimbus Publishing asked freelance writer Sarah Sawler to co-author a book with YouTube star Frankie MacDonald, they had no idea what the book would look like.
Daily Deals: Jesse Wente, Paul Covello announce multi-book deals
Jon Klassen, David Kent among 15 from CanLit to receive the Order of Canada
Fifteen new inductees to the Order of Canada have made notable contributions to Canadian literature.
Daily Deals: Sharon Wood to write Everest memoir Rising; picture book from B.C. poet Tiffany Stone
Joshua Whitehead: “I created the character of Jonny Appleseed because he would not let me be”
Jonny is the embodiment of the type of world I want to see: one that has no qualms with 2SQness; one that has elders, mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and kin that are able to push beyond their westernized understandings of binaries; and one where Indigenous femmes, women, and 2SQ (including bisexual) are centred.
Daily Deals: Don’t Call It A Cult, about secretive NXIVM org, to Penguin Canada
Penguin Canada publishing director Diane Turbide has acquired Canadian English rights to Don’t Call It a Cult, an account of the secretive NXIVM organization and its recently arrested founder Keith Raniere.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming July titles
Robyn Harding’s Her Pretty Face takes the top spot.
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