by Sue Carter

New avenues of access offer WLU Press an opportunity for expansion

If all goes according to plan, the integration between Wilfrid Laurier University Press and the university’s library will give the publisher greater access to internal services and opportunities for potential expansion. Effective May 1, the ... Read More »

March 12, 2015

Joseph Heath’s Enlightenment 2.0 wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Sue Carter

University of Toronto philosophy professor Joseph Heath's “Slow Politics Manifesto,” Enlightenment 2.0: Restoring Sanity to Our Politics, Our Economy, and Our Lives (HarperCollins Canada), has won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for ... Read More »

March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Personnel changes: Kids Can Press

By Sue Carter

Kids Can Press editors Yasemin Uçar and Stacey Roderick have been promoted to the position of senior editor. Uçar recently edited Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki and illustrator Qin Leng, and Ashley Spires' The ... Read More »

March 12, 2015

Fanfiction gets its due, paleo cookbook for babies delayed over death fears, and more

By Sue Carter

From Sherlock to Spock, New York's comprehensive guide to fanfiction Paleo cookbook for infants delayed because of fear that babies could be harmed from diet State of Alabama investigates accusations of elder abuse over Harper ... Read More »

March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Miriam Toews nominated for Wellcome Book Prize

By Sue Carter

Miriam Toews' novel All My Puny Sorrows (Knopf Canada) is one of six titles shortlisted for the U.K.'s Wellcome Book Prize. The £30,000 award highlights fiction and non-fiction titles that "engages with some aspect of medicine, ... Read More »

March 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Plum Johnson becomes first woman to win Taylor Prize in more than a decade

By Sue Carter

Plum Johnson is the first woman in 11 years to take home the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize, which celebrates excellence in Canadian non-fiction. The award was presented at a ceremony this afternoon in Toronto. “I ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Nova Scotia booksellers and publishers fight proposed rise in sales tax on books

By Sue Carter

The Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association has launched an online petition urging Canadians – not just Nova Scotians – to push back against the proposed rise in sales tax, to 15 per cent HST, on print ... Read More »

February 26, 2015

Q&A: author Erika Ritter on her fascination with dogs in literature and art

By Sue Carter

Erika Ritter’s fascination for our canine friends is no secret. The author of five fiction and non-fiction titles, including the 2009 Writers’ Trust finalist The Dog by the Cradle, The Serpent Beneath: Some Paradoxes of ... Read More »

February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, People

Q&A: Sidewalk Flowers illustrator Sydney Smith

By Sue Carter

Sydney Smith’s career started modestly, designing posters and album art on a budget for East Coast musician pals like Old Man Luedecke and Hey Rosetta! These days, Smith is poised to become the next star ... Read More »

February 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing, People

Q&A: Toronto Urban Book Expo founder Stacey Marie Robinson

By Sue Carter

Stacey Marie Robinson is founder of the Toronto Urban Book Expo, the second edition of which takes place Feb. 28 at the Toronto Public Library's Malvern branch. Q&Q spoke to Robinson about Canadian urban fiction ... Read More »

February 19, 2015

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