Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the coming week: Canadian Women in Afghanistan presents Fawzia Koofi reading from her memoir Letter to My Daughters, John Dutton Theatre, ... Read More »
D&M Publishers senior editor Lucy Kenward has won the 2010 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence for her work on Vij's at Home: Relax, Honey by Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij. Established in 1983, the ... Read More »
June 3, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
Newfoundland writer Kenneth J. Harvey's 2003 novel The Town That Forgot How to Breathe (originally published by Raincoast) has been given the musical treatment by Italian rock band De La Vega. The book was a ... Read More »
June 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
In handing out the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize, prize founder Scott Griffin spoke of the borderless quality of great poetry. That sentiment was echoed by this year's Canadian winner, Dionne Brand, who, in accepting the ... Read More »
June 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The Writer's Trust of Canada has announced that Toronto author Farzana Doctor will receive the fifth annual Dayne Ogilvie Grant, which is given to an emerging gay or lesbian writer who demonstrates great literary promise with ... Read More »
June 1, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
New Zealand couple purchases Whitcoulls and Borders, saving most locations Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin selected as first title for global Twitter book club Robert Munsch returns to Labrador to launch new book, Give Me ... Read More »
June 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
On May 24, Camilla Gibb was the guest speaker at a fundraiser for The Writers' Trust of Canada. Roughly 80 supporters gathered at the home of Sandra and Jim Pitblado in Toronto's Rosedale neighbourhood to ... Read More »
Today's Slave Lake daily book auction features a signed copy of Angie Abdou's The Bone Cage Plan your summer reading with Joyland's list of 250 books by women all men should read U.K. plans its ... Read More »
May 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Second Story Press launched Splish, Splash!, written by Alexis Domney and illustrated by Alice Crawford in Toronto on May 13. The picture book, about a boy who meets two deaf house painters, is the winner ... Read More »
May 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing
In a ceremony Friday morning, Governor General David Johnston bestowed the honour of Officer of the Order of Canada on francophone poet, novelist, and essayist Hélène Dorion. In a press release issued by the Governor ... Read More »
May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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