The Elora Writers' Festival has announced the lineup for its 19th annual event. This year's fest will feature Robert Hough, author of Dr. Brinkley's Tower (House of Anansi Press), and Erin Bow, author of Plain ... Read More »
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Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest annual cultural festivals, has announced a rare appearance by Alice Munro, who will be interviewed onstage June 10 by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor for The New Yorker. Running from June ... Read More »
March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events
Nigel Beale is an Ottawa resident, broadcaster, and inveterate book lover. He is also the owner and publisher of a new website, Literary Tourist, intended to assist bibliophilic travellers wishing to locate and explore interesting ... Read More »
Uncovered J.D. Salinger letters make references to Sesame Street, Kafka, and unpublished manuscripts Carmine Starnino wonders whether bpNichol is ... Read More »
July 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Earlier this week, artistic director Bill Kennedy announced this summer will be the last for the Scream Literary Festival. In a letter posted on the event's website, Kennedy explains the decision to put a sock ... Read More »
May 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Margaret Atwood is once again lending her name to a worthy cause, and like her support for the environment, brown-bag lunches, and stay-at-home book tours, the celebrated novelist's actions have generated some mild controversy in ... Read More »
September 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Margaret Atwood talks to Salon about her well-timed meditation on debt, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth Are Canadian authors' festivals the greatest? More gripes about those nasty chain bookstores Reed Elsevier beginning ... Read More »
October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
You may think, looking at the photo below, that this is a shot of two unsuspecting tourists about to be fleeced by a suspicious-looking con man. But in fact it is authors Lynn Coady, Ray ... Read More »
August 14, 2008 | Filed under: Events
From the Toronto Star: The federal government has scrapped a travel assistance program to promote Canadian culture abroad, suggesting it catered to fringe groups, the well-off and left-wingers. The decision yesterday to cancel the $4.7 ... Read More »
August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
The 25th annual Hillside Festival took place in Guelph at the end of July. Though most of the outdoor festival was dedicated to live music, a few authors took the stage, and Flickr photographer Chris ... Read More »
August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Events
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