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Lisa Moore’s February wins CBC Canada Reads

On the 31st anniversary of the Ocean Ranger disaster, Lisa Moore's February (House of Anansi Press) has won this year's CBC Canada Reads. February explores loss and moving on as experienced by Helen O'Mara, whose ... Read More »

February 14, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Q&A with Canada Reads defender Trent McClellan

By Natalie Sequeira

This year's Canada Reads debates are underway and David Bergen's Age of Hope has already been eliminated. Dubbed the Canada Reads Turf Wars, the debates feature five panelists defending a book they selected to represent ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Q&A: Lisa Moore on writing February for the stage

By Sue Carter

Lisa Moore's novel February (House of Anansi Press) was a critical success when it came out in 2009, landing on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize. Three years later, the time-shifting story, about a ... Read More »

September 20, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Canadian fiction editor Melanie Little steps down at Anansi

By Stuart Woods

House of Anansi Press president and publisher Sarah MacLachlan has announced several changes to its editorial department. Melanie Little, who joined the firm two years ago as senior editor of Canadian fiction, is stepping down ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Don McKay wins BMO Winterset Award

By Natalie Samson

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 »

March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Edmonton literary magazine launches in Toronto

By Natalie Samson

Eighteen Bridges, the cultural magazine of "narrative journalism and first-person essays" that sprang onto Edmonton's literary scene in October 2010, will make its Toronto debut tonight. A labour of love co-founded by Curtis Gillespie and ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: book hunting on Google eBooks; when Franzen met Oprah; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: MobyLives goes book hunting on Google eBooks Salon's Laura Miller picks the best fiction and non-fiction of 2010 WikiLeaks defector writes tell-all book (but it's in German, so don't get too excited) ... Read More »

December 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood among Edinburgh book fest headliners

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood is one of the big-name authors set to appear at this year's revamped Edinburgh International Book Festival, which takes place Aug. 14“30. In a cross-festival program with the Edinburgh film festival, Atwood will ... Read More »

June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Steven Galloway to Barbara Kay: I’m a Canadian novelist and proud of it

By Stuart Woods

Last week, National Post columnist Barbara Kay stirred up some controversy when she trashed Lisa Moore's novel February for being both unmanly and unreadable “ a symptom of what Kay describes as an overly feminized, ... Read More »

September 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Lisa Moore still “unreadably Canadian,” Barbara Kay says

By Stuart Woods

National Post columnist Barbara Kay really has it in for novelist Lisa Moore. The one-sided feud began last July, when Kay responded to Post reporter Katherine Laidlaw's "gushy" profile of the two-time Giller Prize nominee, calling Moore's most ... Read More »

September 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore’s February wins CBC Canada Reads

Q&A with Canada Reads defender Trent McClellan

Q&A: Lisa Moore on writing February for the stage

Canadian fiction editor Melanie Little steps down at Anansi

Don McKay wins BMO Winterset Award

Edmonton literary magazine launches in Toronto

Daily book biz round-up: book hunting on Google eBooks; when Franzen met Oprah; and more

Margaret Atwood among Edinburgh book fest headliners

Steven Galloway to Barbara Kay: I’m a Canadian novelist and proud of it

Lisa Moore still “unreadably Canadian,” Barbara Kay says

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