Shortlists for the annual Gerald Lampert Award and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award were announced last night at the National Poetry Month launch event in Toronto. The Gerald Lampert Award recognizes the best debut poetry ... Read More »
Travelling literary journals are hiding in Toronto coffee joints U.K. singer Kate Bush receives permission to use quotes from Joyce's Ulysses, and it only took 20 years Well before Williamsburg, Famous authors and their typewriters ... Read More »
April 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The winners of the 2010 Expozine Alternative Press Awards were announced on Sunday at a ceremony in Montreal. Jeff Miller's Ghost Pine: All Stories True (Invisible Publishing) won for best English book and Qui Vive ... Read More »
April 4, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
When House of Anansi Press was strategizing its marketing campaign for The Little Book of Rob Ford, a collection of quips, quotes, and colourful comments from Toronto's mayor, it took a more subtle approach than ... Read More »
April 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Here are just a few literary events happening across the country in the next week: April Fools' celebration at the Auburn Saloon, as part of the Calgary Spoken Word Festival (April 1, 8 p.m., $12) ... Read More »
April 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Here's one for bargain seekers patiently digging through second-hand stores, hoping to score a treasure amongst the polyester. Halifax illustrator and filmmaker Colleen MacIsaac found a used hardcover edition of the Robertson Davies play A ... Read More »
March 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony broadcast will return to CBC this November, after five years on CTV. We are delighted to call the CBC home again. We consider this a perfect partnership, especially with the ... Read More »
March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
So long Bill C-32, we hardly knew ya Get prepped for National Poetry Month with Brick Books' podcast channel, featuring over 160 poet performances Orange and Vintage Classics launch the Orange Inheritance collection, including Anne ... Read More »
March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize 2011 was announced in Sydney, Australia, this morning. Rohinton Mistry, author of A Fine Balance and a three-time Booker nominee, is the only Canadian represented on the ... Read More »
March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
British band Radiohead gave away free copies of its one-off publication, The Universal Sigh, in over 50 cities today, including Toronto and Montreal. The PR stunt was part of the launch for the band's digital-first ... Read More »
March 29, 2011 | Filed under: Book news