by Becky Robertson

Writers’ Trust launches writing fellowship for Canada’s sesquicentennial

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced a new fellowship that will award $150,000 to a trio of authors over three years in honour of the country's 150th anniversary. Each writer – one per year ... Read More »

November 17, 2015 | Filed under: Industry news, Writing life

Personnel changes at Kids Can Press

By Becky Robertson

Kids Can Press has announced the re-hiring of former editor Jennifer Stokes. Stokes has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, including a six-year stint with Kids Can, which she ended to do ... Read More »

November 16, 2015

Thomas Allen & Son and Fitzhenry & Whiteside form business alliance

By Becky Robertson

Markham, Ontario–based book distributor Thomas Allen & Son and indie publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside have announced a new business alliance that will involve the sharing of physical space, resources, and labour – as well as, ... Read More »

November 16, 2015

Photos: 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

By Becky Robertson

On Nov. 10, authors, celebrities, socialites, and members of the Canadian publishing community gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize gala. This year’s winner was André Alexis, for his ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Lissa Wolsak wins 2015 bpNichol Chapbook Award

By Becky Robertson

Lissa Wolsak, of Vancouver, was named the winner of this year’s bpNichol Chapbook Award for her poetry chapbook Of Beings Alone: The Eigenface (Nomados Press). The winning book was selected by judges Alice Burdick and ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ottawa author Jennifer Kingsley receives 2015 National Outdoor Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Jennifer Kingsley, an Ottawa-based naturalist and writer, is the recipient of a National Outdoor Book Award in the category of outdoor literature (non-fiction) for her debut title, Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Bernardo-penned thriller removed from Amazon; Anne (and Otto) Frank’s Diary?; Shakespeare & Co, acts as safe haven

By Becky Robertson

Spy thriller written by convicted serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo becomes Amazon bestseller before quietly being removed from site. (Melville House) Anne Frank’s father, Otto, made co-author of daughter’s diary in bid to extend ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Jennifer Smith joins Figure 1 as associate publisher

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver’s Figure 1 Publishing has announced the hire of Jennifer Smith as its new associate publisher. Smith, who is based in Toronto, comes with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, with a ... Read More »

November 16, 2015

Coach House “ecstatic” about André Alexis Giller win, extending print run

By Becky Robertson

André Alexis was named this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize winner on Nov. 10 for his novel Fifteen Dogs, and Alana Wilcox, editorial director of Alexis’s publisher, Coach House Books, says she is “ecstatic.” “It’s such ... Read More »

November 12, 2015

Jay Ingram’s Alzheimer’s book sells in the U.K. and Portugal

By Becky Robertson

U.K. and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights to Jay Ingram’s The End of Memory: A Natural History of Alzheimer’s have been sold to Rider Books/Penguin Random House U.K., and Portuguese rights (in Portugal only) have been ... Read More »

November 12, 2015

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