Three novels and two short-story collections have been named to the shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The winner of the $100,000 prize will be announced Nov. 9 on CBC in a presentation hosted by ... Read More »
October 5, 2020
Iris Tupholme, senior vice-president and executive publisher at HarperCollins Canada, had a good feeling in the suspenseful morning hours before the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist was announced in early September. With the company’s staff still ... Read More »
October 1, 2020
When Attack Surface, the next instalment in Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother speculative-fiction series, launches on Oct. 13, it will be that rare audiobook exclusive: exclusively not available on Amazon’s Audible platform. The Toronto author, now ... Read More »
October 1, 2020
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced the five finalists for this year’s Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The organization noted in a release that the $60,000 prize is the only one that ... Read More »
September 30, 2020
With less than three weeks to go before the Frankfurt Book Fair kicks off, Canada has revealed plans for the virtual program which will represent a truncated version of its guest of honour role. The ... Read More »
September 24, 2020
Hamish Cameron, vice-president of distribution for University of Toronto Press, has been recognized with the 2020 Janice E. Handford Award. The award, which is presented by the Ontario Book Publishers Organization, celebrates a person who ... Read More »
September 24, 2020
As the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court, a Canadian chief justice was celebrated for her own history-making work. Beverley McLachlin, the first woman to serve as chief justice ... Read More »
September 23, 2020
Annabel Townsend has felt an excitement surrounding the opening of her new shop The Penny University Bookstore. The indie, housed in a charming mid-century storefront, opened in Regina on Sept. 12, marking the first time ... Read More »
September 17, 2020
This fall, director Michelle Latimer is unveiling adaptations of two perennial Canadian bestsellers, both by Indigenous authors. Trickster brings Eden Robinson’s supernatural coming-of-age series to CBC Television with a six-episode first season. Inconvenient Indian is ... Read More »
September 10, 2020
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