March 5, 2020
Reed Exhibitions has announced that the London Book Fair, scheduled to take place March 10–12, has been cancelled. In a statement, Reed says the cancellation comes “following the escalation of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Europe.” The ... Read More »
March 4, 2020
Big changes are ahead for one of Canada’s premiere domestic publishers. After 16 years, Sarah MacLachlan is retiring as president and publisher of House of Anansi Press and president of Groundwood Books. A press release ... Read More »
March 4, 2020
There is a crisis in the culture of popular book reviewing. Don’t take my word for it – listen to the words of a well-regarded U.S. critic bemoaning how dire the situation really is: “The ... Read More »
February 20, 2020
A debut novel from Newfoundland; a quartet of novellas focused on the travails of American society; a personal journey through identity and self-discovery; the first novel in an ongoing trilogy; and a searing account of ... Read More »
January 22, 2020
“It’s horrible.” That’s how Brian Kaufman, publisher at Vancouver independent Anvil Press, describes the past year, during which the press has been forced to move not once, but twice. And, in both cases, the cause ... Read More »
January 16, 2020
POETRY My Art Is Killing Me and Other Poems Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press, March Following her groundbreaking 2019 anthology Hustling Verse (co-edited by Justin Ducharme), Amber Dawn returns with her own sophomore collection, a ... Read More »
January 16, 2020
For music fans, Neil Peart was the iconic drummer and lyricist for the seminal Canadian rock band Rush. For Jack David, Peart, who died on Jan. 7 after an extended bout with cancer, was something ... Read More »
January 13, 2020
The Subtweet Vivek Shraya ECW Press, April Novelist, memoirist, poet, children’s author, visual artist, musician: it’s becoming apparent that there is little Vivek Shraya is not capable of undertaking. Shraya returns with another title that ... Read More »
January 13, 2020
The month of November saw seismic shockwaves rock the tight-knit horror and speculative-fiction communities as a result of accusations levied against Canadian genre press ChiZine Publications, including allegations of non-payment of royalties and mistreatment of ... Read More »
December 12, 2019
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