Q&A: Lawyer Lisa Jean Helps on CanLit, #MeToo, and defamation laws
Vancouver criminal defence lawyer Lisa Jean Helps had been watching closely as the #MeToo movement hit the Canadian writing community with high-profile cases like Concordia University’s investigation into sexual misconduct in its creative-writing program.
Public Lending Right announces 25-year cap for older titles, introduces audiobooks to the program
Major changes are coming to the Public Lending Right program, which compensates authors, illustrators, editors, and translators for free public use of their books in libraries.
Daily Deals: Prospero Pictures acquires Thomas King’s DreadfulWater mystery series
Daily Deals: Turkish rights for Sharon Bala’s The Boat People; audio rights to Cherie Dimaline’s Marrow Thieves goes to Kobo
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming March titles
Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.
Alanna Mitchell: “We do not live in a post-truth world, but one that needs science more than ever”
About a year ago, while I was passionately immersed in getting the manuscript of my latest book, The Spinning Magnet: The Force That Created the Modern World and Could Destroy It, to my publisher, I found myself with a brief moment to surface and take the temperature of the times.
Is Najwa Zebian poised to be the next Rupi Kaur?
There’s no denying Rupi Kaur is a publishing phenomenon. With two million followers on Instagram and just as many copies of her books sold – not to mention a recent profile in Rolling Stone – the Canadian poet is being credited with a resurgence in the international popularity (and sales) of poetry.
Illustrators come together for the Totsapalooza colouring book honouring Groundwood publisher Sheila Barry
When Totsapalooza celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, the organizers wanted to do something special to acknowledge the anniversary and to honour Sheila Barry, the beloved publisher of Groundwood Books.
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