First awards for Canadian self-published books to debut at Whistler Writers Festival By: Becky Robertson March 17th, 2016 5:10 pm Filed under: Awards, Industry News Tags: B.C., Independent Book Awards, self-published book awards, self-publishing, West Coast, Whistler Independent Book Awards, Whistler Writers Festival
Daily Deals: ECW acquires memoir by Weekend at Bernie’s director Ted Kotcheff By: Becky Robertson March 17th, 2016 5:01 pm Filed under: Deals
Distribution Change: Peter Lang Academic Publishing By: Becky Robertson March 17th, 2016 4:55 pm Filed under: Agency/distribution changes
Municipalities pressure Heritage minister for fairer ebook pricing for libraries By: Sarah Barmak March 17th, 2016 4:47 pm Filed under: Libraries Tags: ebook, ebooks, Libraries, library
Daily Deals: Anansi signs two more Ian Hamilton Ava Lee novels By: Becky Robertson March 16th, 2016 5:37 pm Filed under: Deals
Daily Deals: Penguin acquires Danielle Martin’s book on Canadian healthcare; NeWest Press acquires wrestling novel by A.J. Devlin By: Becky Robertson March 15th, 2016 4:13 pm Filed under: Deals
Emma Donoghue wins Golden Box Office Award, donates $20,000 prize to ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival By: Becky Robertson March 15th, 2016 3:57 pm Filed under: Awards, Industry News Tags: Aboriginal publishing, Awards, Emma Donoghue, ImagineNative, ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Room
Toronto’s Open Air Books & Maps seeks home for 80,000 books By: Becky Robertson March 14th, 2016 5:32 pm Filed under: Industry News, People Tags: booksellers, bookselling, Jeff Axler, Open Air Books & Maps, Toronto, travel, travel books
Are female scholars getting the same consideration as their male counterparts? By: Sue Carter March 14th, 2016 5:20 pm Filed under: Industry News Issue Date:April 2016 Tags: Bruce Walsh, Canadian Women in the Literary Arts, CWILA, equality, Erin Wunker, gender parity, Lisa Quinn, University of Regina Press, Wilfird Laurier University Press
Ask the Agony Editor: when your family won’t read your work By: Brian Francis March 14th, 2016 12:00 pm Filed under: Opinion, Writing Life Issue Date:April 2016 Tags: Agony Editor, Ask the agony editor, Brian Francis