Toronto Public Library branches reopen after 11-day strike New Ernest Hemingway letters released to the public Former Goldman Sachs executive ... Read More »
March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore delivered on last week's promise that there would be some good news for the Canada Council for the Arts in the federal budget, which dropped this afternoon. Arts organizations breathed ... Read More »
March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
On March 28, a crowd of more than 70 letterpress and literary enthusiasts gathered at University of Toronto's Massey College for "Get the Lead Out: a Symposium of Letterpress Printers." Moderated by typographer Rod McDonald, ... Read More »
March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Bloody Words, Canada's largest convention of mystery fiction, has revealed the shortlist for its first annual Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award, a prize recognizing mystery novels that soften the gore, violence, and sex typical of ... Read More »
Last week, Don McKay's The Shell of the Tortoise (Gaspereau Press) became the first ever essay collection to win the $10,000 BMO Winterset Award. On March 22, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council presented the ... Read More »
The City of Calgary, the Writers Guild of Alberta, and Uptown 17th Avenue Business Revitalization Zone revealed the shortlist for the 2011 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. The finalists are: Betty Jane Hegerat, ... Read More »
March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Toronto Public Library workers reach tentative deal with the city Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman signs book deal with Grand Central Publishing Bronze statue of the Lorax stolen from Dr. Seuss's San Diego estate It's the last run ... Read More »
March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
One week after the death of Canadian poet Jay Macpherson, the Los Angeles Times is reporting the death of yet another important and influential poet. Adrienne Rich, the American writer, feminist, and essayist, is dead ... Read More »
March 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Unpublished new scene from David Foster Wallace's The Pale King Christopher Hitchens makes Orwell Prize longlist Writer Kelly Roman and artist Michael DeWeese draw blood for launch of their graphic novel The Art of War ... Read More »
March 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has secured five out of six nominations for the 2012 Doug Wright Award for Best Book, with veteran D&Q artists Joe Ollman, Chester Brown, and Seth competing against popular ... Read More »
March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
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