by Steven W. Beattie

Toronto Public Library opens 99th branch, Piketty responds to critics, and more

Major new art exhibit (including giant Lego towers) by Douglas Coupland debuts tomorrow at the Vancouver Art Gallery TPL's new 99th branch, at Fort York, proves Ford brothers wrong on libraries, says Marcus Gee of ... Read More »

May 30, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Author, activist Maya Angelou dies at 86

By Steven W. Beattie

Beloved American poet, activist, and educator Maya Angelou has died at age 86, after a recent undisclosed illness. The CBC reports that Angelou was scheduled to attend last Friday's luncheon for the 2014 Major League ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

The Third Rail, by Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish, wins National Business Book Award

By Steven W. Beattie

Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish have won the $20,000 National Business Book Award for The Third Rail: Confronting Our Pension Failures. Published by McClelland & Stewart imprint Signal, the book examines the current state of ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Eleanor Catton takes on gendered language in book coverage

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, Neko Case created a stir on Twitter when she responded to a tweet from Playboy.com that claimed she is "breaking the mould of what women in the music industry should be." The phrase ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

BookNet Canada profiles Canadian book buyers, Anne Emery and the Trailer Park Boys, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Infographic: BookNet Canada profiles the "average Canadian book buyer" Author Anne Emery discusses writing, the McDonald's murders, and the Trailer Park Boys with CBC Canada Writes The 15th annual Festival de la poésie de Montréal, ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Beloved Canadian author Farley Mowat dead at 92

By Steven W. Beattie

Farley Mowat – nature lover, gadfly, and author of the Canadian classics Never Cry Wolf and Lost in the Barrens – has died at the age of 92. The iconic Canadian author of novels, memoirs, non-fiction books, and ... Read More »

May 7, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Sina Queyras and Adam Sol on the state of Canadian poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

It is virtually impossible to argue against the notion that Canadian poetry has come of age. If F.R. Scott was able to say, as recently as 1976, that when he and A.J.M. Smith launched the ... Read More »

April 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Novelist and short-story writer Alistair MacLeod dies at 77

By Steven W. Beattie

Alistair MacLeod, one of Canada’s greatest short-story writers, has died at age 77. Though he published sparingly, his few works have become classics of CanLit. These include a single novel – 1999′s No Great Mischief ... Read More »

April 20, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Sina Queyras

By Steven W. Beattie

What the poets are saying

March 21, 2014

Anansi, Coach House, and others team up for Publidash on Twitter

By Steven W. Beattie

Critics of CanLit and Canadian publishing have occasionally suggested that there is an element of balderdash to the business. A group of independent publishers has decided to literalize that critique by engaging in a game ... Read More »

February 27, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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Toronto Public Library opens 99th branch, Piketty responds to critics, and more

Author, activist Maya Angelou dies at 86

The Third Rail, by Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish, wins National Business Book Award

Eleanor Catton takes on gendered language in book coverage

BookNet Canada profiles Canadian book buyers, Anne Emery and the Trailer Park Boys, and more

Beloved Canadian author Farley Mowat dead at 92

Sina Queyras and Adam Sol on the state of Canadian poetry

Novelist and short-story writer Alistair MacLeod dies at 77

Sina Queyras

Anansi, Coach House, and others team up for Publidash on Twitter

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