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Literary event listings, Nov. 6–12, 2017

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Amanda Lindhout and Lorinda Stewart: Lindhout and her mother discuss Stewart’s book One Day Closer: A Mother’s Quest to Bring Her Kidnapped Daughter Home. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Muriel Richardson Auditorium, 300 Memorial ... Read More »

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Canadian picture books make New York Times’s Best of 2017 list

By Becky Robertson

Toronto illustrator Sydney Smith makes an appearance on the New York Times’s list of best illustrated children's books of the year for the third year in a row. His 2017 picture book Town Is by the Sea (Groundwood Books), ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Book Links: Lemon Hound returns; Douglas Coupland on surviving the next 10 years

By Sue Carter

Online literary journal Lemon Hound returns with new essays, poetry, prose, and reviews. (Lemon Hound) Book of never-seen David Bowie photos to be published by Penguin Random House. (NME) Douglas Coupland's 45 tips on surviving ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Cherie Dimaline wins the $50,000 Kirkus Prize for YA lit

By Sue Carter

It's been quite the celebratory week for Métis author and editor Cherie Dimaline, who has won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for her dystopian YA novel The Marrow Thieves (Dancing Cat Books). She is the first Indigenous ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood to be recognized at Canadian Screen Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has named Margaret Atwood as the recipient of one of its special prizes, to be administered at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards. The Handmaid's Tale author will receive the Academy ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Carol Off, Tanya Talaga longlisted for 2018 B.C. National Non-fiction Award

By Becky Robertson

The longlist for the 2018 B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction, one of the country's top prizes for books of the genre, has been named. Of the more than 150 titles submitted by 45 publishers, ... Read More »

November 2, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood gets romantic with East Coast filmmakers

By Sue Carter

Margaret Atwood isn't the first author that comes to mind when one thinks of romantic comedies, but she does know a few things about telling stories on screen, as evidenced by her work as consulting ... Read More »

November 2, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Book Links: Amazon to open 16th store; the literary side of this Halloween

By Becky Robertson

Amazon to open 16th brick-and-mortar store in Atlanta. (The Digital Reader) How bookstores affected by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey are holding up. (Publishers Weekly) Canadian musical duo Tegan and Sara to make a cameo in ... Read More »

November 2, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Bob Dylan’s Nobel lecture released as a book; Audible algorithm takes romance readers to the steamiest scenes

By Becky Robertson

Bookish moments in the newly released second season of Stranger Things. (BookRiot) Simon & Schuster publishes book version of Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture and a collection of his lyrics. (The New York Times) Public shocked by proposal ... Read More »

November 1, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Oh She Glows food blogger Angela Liddon wins big at 2017 Taste Canada Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 20th annual Taste Canada Awards, honouring the best food writing in the country in seven English- and five French-language categories, were presented at an event in Toronto on Oct. 30. This year's winners in ... Read More »

November 1, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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Literary event listings, Nov. 6–12, 2017

Canadian picture books make New York Times’s Best of 2017 list

Book Links: Lemon Hound returns; Douglas Coupland on surviving the next 10 years

Cherie Dimaline wins the $50,000 Kirkus Prize for YA lit

Margaret Atwood to be recognized at Canadian Screen Awards

Carol Off, Tanya Talaga longlisted for 2018 B.C. National Non-fiction Award

Margaret Atwood gets romantic with East Coast filmmakers

Book Links: Amazon to open 16th store; the literary side of this Halloween

Book Links: Bob Dylan’s Nobel lecture released as a book; Audible algorithm takes romance readers to the steamiest scenes

Oh She Glows food blogger Angela Liddon wins big at 2017 Taste Canada Awards

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