It now costs $11.95 U.S. to publish a 300-page paperback in Portland State University's bookstore. On Monday, The Columbian reported that the university recently acquired its own print-on-demand machine. In Canada, bookstores and libraries at ... Read More »

A group of volunteers is currently working to save iconic Canadian poet Al Purdy's A-frame cottage, with the intention of turning it into a home for a writer-in-residence program. In a similar vein, well-known figures ... Read More »

Toronto novelist Stephen Marche found himself in hot water over the weekend for a column appearing in Saturday's Globe and Mail. Titled "Rob Ford is not popular despite being fat. He's popular because of it," ... Read More »