by Ryan Porter

Amanda Parris, Gwen Benaway, and Erin Bow among crop of first-time Governor General’s Literary Award winners

Five first-time winners – Joan Thomas (fiction), Gwen Benaway (poetry), Amanda Parris (drama), Don Gillmor, and Erin Bow (young people’s literature – text) – were among the seven English-language literary talents to receive a Governor ... Read More »

October 29, 2019

How Miriam Toews’s novel Women Talking was adapted for the stage

By Ryan Porter

In some ways, Women Talking, the eighth book by celebrated Canadian author Miriam Toews, is a natural choice to adapt for the stage. The story takes place in one setting – a barn in a Bolivian ... Read More »

October 28, 2019

Kidlit Special: Wayde Compton adapts short story “The Blue Road” as graphic novel

By Ryan Porter

One of the things about parenthood that Vancouver’s Wayde Compton looked forward to was sharing his writing with his daughter. When she was around five or six, he eagerly read her his 1999 short story, ... Read More »

October 28, 2019

TIFA raids the archives for 40th anniversary podcast

By Ryan Porter

Deep within Ottawa’s Library and Archives Canada lies hours of interviews with major literary figures both living and dead that have taken place at the Toronto International Festival of Authors. This trove of conversations has ... Read More »

October 25, 2019

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books

By Ryan Porter

House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books has announced a number of personnel changes: Curtis Samuel, previously of Penguin Random House Canada, has been named publicist for Anansi Samantha Dewaele, formerly a marketing intern at Simon & Schuster, has ... Read More »

October 24, 2019

Daily Deals: Creative work-culture guide to Figure 1

By Ryan Porter

Figure 1 Publishing’s Christopher Labonte has acquired world rights to Ian Grais, Tom Shepansky, and Chris Staples’s Rethink the Business of Creativity. The business how-to manual will present Canadian creative agency Rethink 55’s best tools ... Read More »

October 24, 2019

Daily Deals: D&M to publish follow-up to Richard Wagamese’s Embers; Justin Giovannetti’s cultural history of poutine

By Ryan Porter

Douglas & McIntyre has acquired world rights to the late Richard Wagamese's currently untitled follow-up collection to the bestselling Embers. The new collection contains further meditations and observations from the legendary author. The deal was arranged by Chris Casuccio and John Pearce of Westwood ... Read More »

October 21, 2019

Charles Foran named new executive director of the Writers’ Trust of Canada

By Ryan Porter

Toronto author and professor Charles Foran has been announced as the new executive director of the Writers’ Trust of Canada. Foran, who will begin his tenure in January 2020, will replace Mary Osborne, who held ... Read More »

October 21, 2019

Daily Deal: Andrea Constand book about Cosby trial to Penguin Canada

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Canada’s Diane Turbide has acquired Andrea Constand’s The Moment: A Journey to Justice and Healing. The book will go behind the headlines of the Bill Cosby trial, revealing the unexpected traumas and gifts that flowed ... Read More »

October 18, 2019

5,000 attend inaugural Jaipur Literary Festival Toronto, but festival producer sees room for growth

By Ryan Porter

The Jaipur Literary Festival’s reputation is less staid and scholarly than it is a circus of literary celebrity. Since launching in 2006, the Indian festival has welcomed more than a million guests, 67 per cent ... Read More »

October 18, 2019

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Amanda Parris, Gwen Benaway, and Erin Bow among crop of first-time Governor General’s Literary Award winners

How Miriam Toews’s novel Women Talking was adapted for the stage

Kidlit Special: Wayde Compton adapts short story “The Blue Road” as graphic novel

TIFA raids the archives for 40th anniversary podcast

Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books

Daily Deals: Creative work-culture guide to Figure 1

Daily Deals: D&M to publish follow-up to Richard Wagamese’s Embers; Justin Giovannetti’s cultural history of poutine

Charles Foran named new executive director of the Writers’ Trust of Canada

Daily Deal: Andrea Constand book about Cosby trial to Penguin Canada

5,000 attend inaugural Jaipur Literary Festival Toronto, but festival producer sees room for growth

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