by Attila Berki

Excerpt from Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World

I’m So Lazy, I Can’t Stop Crying I turn myself into a commodity, a walking list of accomplishments, future goals, prior achievements, lists of things to buy, make, work on, produce. By 2012, I’m working ... Read More »

September 25, 2024

Bill Slavin, Cherie Dimaline, Laberinto Press among winners of the 2024 Alberta Book Publishing Awards

By Attila Berki

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) announced the winners of the 2024 Alberta Book Publishing Awards at a gala in Edmonton on Sept. 24. Laberinto Press won Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year for ... Read More »

September 25, 2024

Canadian publishers win multiple Ignatz Awards

By Attila Berki

Drawn & Quarterly and Pulping Collective garnered multiple Ignatz Awards at the independent comics convention Small Press Expo (SPX) in Maryland in mid-September. Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki added to their list of prizes for ... Read More »

September 25, 2024

Banff Mountain Book Competition 2024 finalists announced

By Attila Berki

The shortlists for the 2024 Banff Mountain Book Competition have been announced by Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival. The eight prizes in the competition celebrate mountain literature in all its forms: mountain literature ... Read More »

September 20, 2024

2023 SWCC Book Awards announced

By Attila Berki

The Science Writers and Communicators of Canada announced the winners of the 2023 SWCC Book Awards on Sept. 17 at the association’s annual AGM. The prizes recognize outstanding contributions to science writing by Canadians. The winner of ... Read More »

September 19, 2024

Victoria’s Orca Book Publishers marks 40th year

By Attila Berki

When Bob Tyrrell founded Orca Book Publishers in 1984, it was not with the plan to become a children’s book publisher. Orca’s first title was a guide to Vancouver Island’s pubs co-authored by Tyrrell and ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Orca Book Publishers at 40: A visual timeline, 1984–2024

By Attila Berki

Orca staff members at the publisher’s 40th anniversary party, outside of the ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Alberta publisher Jerome Martin dead at 81

By Attila Berki

Jerome Martin, co-founder and publisher of Edmonton-based Spotted Cow Press, has died. He was 81. Martin, also a musician and photographer, started the press in 1990 after having worked for Alberta Agriculture and teaching communication ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Obituary: Bob Tyrrell

By Attila Berki

Orca Book Publishers was saddened to hear of the sudden death of founder Bob Tyrrell on August 31, 2024. Bob started Orca Book Publishers 40 years ago in 1984 and built a remarkable company. Starting with ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

Excerpt from Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene

By Attila Berki

My first book, a collection of short stories called Man Descending, appeared in 1982. In the forty years following, I went on to publish novels, short stories, and plays, and to write a television miniseries ... Read More »

September 18, 2024

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Excerpt from Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World

Bill Slavin, Cherie Dimaline, Laberinto Press among winners of the 2024 Alberta Book Publishing Awards

Canadian publishers win multiple Ignatz Awards

Banff Mountain Book Competition 2024 finalists announced

2023 SWCC Book Awards announced

Victoria’s Orca Book Publishers marks 40th year

Orca Book Publishers at 40: A visual timeline, 1984–2024

Alberta publisher Jerome Martin dead at 81

Obituary: Bob Tyrrell

Excerpt from Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene

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