“In some respects, it’s made life easier having a front page story in The National Post.”– Hushion House president Bill Hushion on explaining the GDS situation to his client publishers.“Every time I hear the words ... Read More »
April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Events
Publisher / AmountMcGill-Queen’s University Press - $130,200McClelland & Stewart - $110,600Raincoast Books - $100,400Tundra Books - $98,800Dundurn Group - $97,600University of Toronto Press - $97,500Talon Books - $93,700Goose Lane Editions - $93,000Playwrights Canada Press - ... Read More »
April 6, 2004
Sawai wins Edmonton prize – Gloria Sawai has won the City of Edmonton Book prize for her short-story collection A Song for Nettie Johnson (Coteau Books). Sawai received a $2,000 cash prize, sponsored by the ... Read More »
April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Sharon E. McKay, Vivien Bowers, and François Barcelo have won this year’s Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards, which were presented in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on Saturday.McKay won in the English fiction category for her novel ... Read More »
April 6, 2004
Roloff Beny prize – Geoffrey James has won the Roloff Beny Photography Book Award for Paris, a document of the changing face of the great city. Published by the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, the ... Read More »
April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Wynne-Jones wins Edgar – Ontario author Tim Wynne-Jones has racked up another award for The Boy in the Burning House. Last year the young-adult novel – published in Canada by Groundwood Books – won the ... Read More »
April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Toronto-based poet Ken Babstock has won the $8,000 K.M. Hunter Artist Award in the literature category. The Newfoundland-born Babstock has published two collections of poetry, Mean and Days Into Flatspin – both published by House ... Read More »
April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
The Book Promoters Association of Canada (BPAC) has named Eleanor Wachtel the winner of this year’s Jack Award. Wachtel will receive the award at a presentation at Toronto’s Charlotte Room next Friday night.The annual award, ... Read More »
April 6, 2004
Leon Rooke is $15,000 richer after winning the W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize this week. Rooke received the award at a Calgary ceremony on Tuesday. Said jury chair Frances Itani: “He is well known as a ... Read More »
April 6, 2004
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