by Steven W. Beattie

Independent booksellers band together to examine reviving the Canadian Booksellers Association

A group of independent Canadian bookstore owners have banded together to resurrect the defunct CBA. The original Canadian Booksellers Association operated for more than 60 years before it joined the Retail Council of Canada in ... Read More »

July 30, 2018

Madeline McIntosh, Penguin Random House U.S. CEO, to deliver 2018 IV keynote address

By Steven W. Beattie

The rebranded Toronto International Festival of Authors today announced that the keynote address for the 11th annual International Visitors Programme will be delivered by Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House U.S. The International Visitors ... Read More »

July 24, 2018

Fall Preview 2018: Poetry and graphica

By Steven W. Beattie

The Flame Leonard Cohen McClelland & Stewart, Oct. Fans of Leonard Cohen left despondent after the bard of Montreal died in 2016 were cheered by the news that he left behind a final collection of ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Fall Preview 2018: Short fiction and fiction in translation

By Steven W. Beattie

Something for Everyone Lisa Moore House of Anansi Press, Sept. A new book by Lisa Moore is always an event: a new story collection is cause for ecstatic jubilation. The Newfoundland author excels at the ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Fall Preview 2018: Novels

By Steven W. Beattie

Women Talking Miriam Toews Knopf Canada, Aug. Miriam Toews, whose previous novel, All My Puny Sorrows, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, returns this fall with a book that marks a bold departure. After ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68

By Steven W. Beattie

Stephen Reid, a member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang that pulled off a high-profile string of robberies in the 1970s – including the 1974 theft of $785,000 in gold bullion from the Ottawa airport – ... Read More »

June 14, 2018

Remembering David McFadden, 1940–2018

By Steven W. Beattie

“I am happy,” wrote the poet David McFadden in a 2014 article for Toronto Life. “I have many joys. My wife and I have a strong marriage. I had a wonderful time helping to renovate ... Read More »

June 11, 2018

The Donner Prize marks 20 years of awarding books on Canadian public policy

By Steven W. Beattie

This year, the Donner Prize, which recognizes the best in public policy writing in Canada, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Administered by the Donner Canadian Foundation, the award bills itself as "the most prestigious prize of ... Read More »

May 14, 2018

Tanya Talaga named winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

At a gala event in Ottawa on Wednesday evening, Toronto Star reporter Tanya Talaga added another laurel to those already bestowed upon her debut work of non-fiction. Talaga's book, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths ... Read More »

May 10, 2018

Dawn Dumont and Camilla Grudova included on the shortlist for the 2018 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The shortlist for the 21st annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, given for the best debut collection of short fiction in English, was announced today. The five-title list is composed entirely of books from regional presses ... Read More »

May 9, 2018

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Independent booksellers band together to examine reviving the Canadian Booksellers Association

Madeline McIntosh, Penguin Random House U.S. CEO, to deliver 2018 IV keynote address

Fall Preview 2018: Poetry and graphica

Fall Preview 2018: Short fiction and fiction in translation

Fall Preview 2018: Novels

Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68

Remembering David McFadden, 1940–2018

The Donner Prize marks 20 years of awarding books on Canadian public policy

Tanya Talaga named winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Dawn Dumont and Camilla Grudova included on the shortlist for the 2018 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

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