by Steven W. Beattie

Souvankham Thammavongsa among the nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Awards

The nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced on Sunday and in the fiction category, readers can find stalwarts like Martin Amis and critical darlings such as Maggie O’Farrell and Bryan Washington. ... Read More »

January 25, 2021

Heidi von Palleske

By Steven W. Beattie

Actor and author Heidi von Palleske found a strict discipline when writing her ambitious second novel

January 21, 2021

Alberta publishing veteran Glenn Rollans buys Calgary publisher Freehand Books from co-founder JoAnn McCaig

By Steven W. Beattie

Freehand Books, the Calgary trade publisher that spun off from the academic press Broadview Books in 2007, has been sold. Glenn Rollans, a publishing veteran in Alberta and owner of the Edmonton higher-ed publisher Brush ... Read More »

January 11, 2021

Remembering Luciana Ricciutelli, trailblazing feminist publisher

By Steven W. Beattie

Canada has lost one of its groundbreaking feminist publishers. Luciana Ricciutelli, editor-in-chief at Toronto’s Inanna Publications, died on December 14, 2020, at the age of 62. A survivor of breast cancer, Ricciutelli died suddenly a ... Read More »

January 4, 2021

The Writers’ Union of Canada works to address systemic inequalities in the writing and publishing communities

By Steven W. Beattie

Since publishing his first book, the novel Some Great Thing, in 1992, novelist and non-fiction writer Lawrence Hill has met two editors of colour: one at HarperCollins who subsequently decamped for the U.S., and Janie ... Read More »

December 10, 2020

Revisiting the legacy of Austin Clarke

By Steven W. Beattie

When Austin Clarke died in 2016, the bulk of his backlist was out of print. His 2002 Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel, The Polished Hoe, was still available, alongside his final novel, 2008’s More and his ... Read More »

December 3, 2020

The inaugural AugurCon aims to provide an inclusive virtual space to showcase North American speculative fiction creators

By Steven W. Beattie

AugurCon, the online gathering of speculative-fiction writers and readers being run by the Canadian spec-fic literary journal Augur, faced a number of hurdles to get up and running, from the ordinary challenges of programming a ... Read More »

November 26, 2020

Distributors began early in the quest to get inventory home for the holidays

By Steven W. Beattie

The holiday bookselling season is always a logistical challenge for distributors – a time during which a large amount of inventory moves through the supply chain at lightning speed. This year, with COVID-19 continuing to ... Read More »

November 19, 2020

University Press Week highlights academic publishing and Indigenous voices

By Steven W. Beattie

The second week in November is going to be a celebration of university and academic presses across Canada and the U.S., with a series of online events and a special webinar dedicated to Indigenous voices ... Read More »

November 9, 2020

Kitty Lewis retires from Brick Books, as the press looks to the future

By Steven W. Beattie

A major force in the world of Canadian poetry is stepping down from publishing. On Oct. 22, an online retirement party was held to honour Kitty Lewis, who is leaving her role as general manager ... Read More »

October 26, 2020

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Quill and Quire

Souvankham Thammavongsa among the nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Awards

Heidi von Palleske

Alberta publishing veteran Glenn Rollans buys Calgary publisher Freehand Books from co-founder JoAnn McCaig

Remembering Luciana Ricciutelli, trailblazing feminist publisher

The Writers’ Union of Canada works to address systemic inequalities in the writing and publishing communities

Revisiting the legacy of Austin Clarke

The inaugural AugurCon aims to provide an inclusive virtual space to showcase North American speculative fiction creators

Distributors began early in the quest to get inventory home for the holidays

University Press Week highlights academic publishing and Indigenous voices

Kitty Lewis retires from Brick Books, as the press looks to the future

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