When Douglas & McIntyre – once one of Canada’s largest independent book publishers – filed for bankruptcy in fall 2012, the news sent reverberations throughout the industry.
Q+A: Erinne Paisley on using books to encourage social media activism
Erinne Paisley is the author of Can Your Smartphone Change the World?, the first in a new series of nonfiction pop activism books, which encourages and teaches young people to use social media for good
Casey Plett on co-editing an anthology of sci-fi and fantasy from transgender writers
“Who needs to imagine different worlds? Well, trans people certainly do,” says editor Casey Plett.
Q&A: Kidlit scholar Heba Elsherief on the problematic representation of Muslim girls in children’s literature
In her work as a PhD student at University of Toronto and children’s literature teacher at Seneca College, Heba Elsherief has turned her attention toward the representations of Muslim characters in children’s literature.
Vancouver Writers Fest’s Hal Wake is celebrated for his authors-first philosophy
Hal Wake stands will stand down from the Vancouver Writers Fest this fall.
Q&A: Artist Golboo Amani on her Public Reading performance piece
Q&Q talks to Toronto artist Golboo Amani about her latest performance piece, Public Reading, which will be part of the SummerWorks festival.
Shannon Webb-Campbell: re-envisioning editorial practices on Turtle Island
The protection and dissemination of narrative and poetics are integral to the future of Indigenous publishing, says Shannon Webb-Campbell.
The party continues at Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop
The world’s oldest LGBTQ bookstore lives again.
Authors, colleagues, and friends recall “complicated guy” Avie Bennett
At the age of 57, Avie Bennett could have started winding down an immensely successful career to retire comfortably on the millions he’d made developing shopping plazas. Instead he became a Canadian book publisher.
Authors roundtable: how Canadian food writing has come into its own
Canadian food writing has come into its own, despite the lack of a homegrown Anthony Bourdain or Ruth Reichl. Three authors share their insights into the country’s culinary prose.
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