Billy-Ray Belcourt is one of three authors shortlisted for the 2018 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Award.
Daily Deals: M&S to publish Justin Ling’s Bruce McArthur investigation; Signal picks up Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson’s Empty Planet
Kids Can’s Semareh Al-Hillal joins Groundwood Books as publisher
Kids Can Press associate publisher Semareh Al-Hillal has been named publisher at Groundwood Books, effective May 7.
Terese Marie Mailhot: how speaking her own story provided a means of transcending negative experiences
In a public interview recently, a journalist asked me what I meant in the final pages of my memoir, Heart Berries, when I proclaimed myself “untouchable.” A room full of authors gasped audibly at my boldness.
Daily Deals: S&S Canada acquires Everyday Hockey Heroes by Bob McKenzie and Jim Lang
Daily Deals: Anonymous Content picks up film rights for Iain Reid’s Foe in bidding war
Shane Peacock and Nimbus Publishing relaunch the author’s popular Dylan Maples series
When Shane Peacock found himself with an idea for a new instalment in his Dylan Maples adventure series of middle-grade novels, he was faced with a small problem: the popular books, originally published by Penguin between 1999 and 2003, had been out of print for a decade.
Beverley Chalmers, Joseph Kertes, and Lee Maracle to jury 2018 Vine Award
The Koffler Centre of the Arts has announced the jury for this year’s Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.
How university creative-writing programs are building respect in the classroom
As established creative-writing degree programs at the University of British Columbia and Concordia University have come under fire in the past two years as a result of high-profile cases involving alleged misconduct by professors, other schools are actively working to bolster respect and trust in the classroom.
Julie Flett’s Q&Q cover illustration gets a second life gracing a new children’s book by Monique Gray Smith
Artist Julie Flett was unsure about doing the cover illustration for Q&Q’s October 2017 issue, as she was too busy working on other projects, like a cover and spot illustrations for The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation: Lucy & Lola (McKellar & Martin), a forthcoming middle-grade book by Monique Gray Smith. But after reading a draft of a Q&Q essay Smith had written, which mentions Lucy & Lola, the idea of doing a simple illustration inspired by the twin sister protagonists took root. Flett had already read the book’s manuscript but decided to base her Q&Q cover solely on what Smith had revealed in her essay. Smith knew Flett was doing the Q&Q cover but was still floored when she saw the image. Smith loved the image so much, in fact, that both she and publisher Tonya Martin agreed a version of it should grace the cover of the book that inspired it.
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