Daily Deals: M&S acquires memoir from former Armed Forces captain Kelly S. Thompson
Travis Lupick wins George Ryga Award; draws awareness to overdose epidemic
Georgia Straight journalist Travis Lupick has won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature for his book Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction, published by Arsenal Pulp Press.

New Heritage Minute features Lucy Maud Montgomery’s struggles with depression and rejection
A latest Canadian Heritage Minute marks International Women’s Day, by focusing on the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Daily Deals: Anchor Canada to re-release Gregory Scofield’s Thunder Through My Veins
Between the Lines, Inanna Publications, and Fernwood Publishing join the International Women’s Strike
Between the Lines, Inanna Publications, and Fernwood Publishing will close their offices on Thursday to highlight the essential work performed by women and to show support for fellow workers abroad.
Daily Deals: Coach House acquires new Andrew Kaufman; TV deals for Alan Bradley, Eden Robinson
Toronto’s Little Island Comics reopens
Just over a year after closing its former Mirvish Village location, Toronto children’s comic bookstore Little Island Comics has a new home.

Seraphina author Rachel Hartman on how her quasi-evangelical upbringing led to her new heroine
In 2012, readers went wild for Rachel Hartman’s YA fantasy Seraphina – which was a Quill & Quire book of the year – shooting the debut author up the New York Times bestseller list.
Owlkids Books named finalist for Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year
Toronto’s Owlkids Books has been shortlisted for this year’s Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.