by Steven W. Beattie

Beloved downtown Toronto bookstore Ben McNally Books to close current location in 2020

Ben McNally Books, which is frequently referred to by loyal customers – and not infrequently by the store staff – as Toronto’s most beautiful bookstore, is not long for its current location. The store, which ... Read More »

September 5, 2019

Ingrid Paulson addresses Margaret Atwood, Puritan society, and American exceptionalism with latest Gladstone Press release, The Scarlet Letter

By Steven W. Beattie

Margaret Atwood is partially responsible for hurrying the latest Gladstone Press book to market. Publisher Ingrid Paulson, who spearheads the micropress that reprints handsome new editions of classic English and American texts, wanted to follow ... Read More »

August 29, 2019

Daily deals: Bunk 11 Pictures acquires TV rights to Andrew Kaufman’s Born Weird

By Steven W. Beattie

Bunk 11 Pictures producer Michael Baker has acquired television rights to Andrew Kaufman’s novel Born Weird. The book is described as a story of a family of siblings with special gifts who embark on a ... Read More »

August 19, 2019

HarperCollins acquires forthcoming memoir by Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu

By Steven W. Beattie

Simu Liu, who portrays Jung on the popular CBC sitcom Kim’s Convenience, has been having a very good year. In July, it was announced that Liu will portray the title superhero in Marvel Studio’s forthcoming ... Read More »

August 19, 2019

Distribution Change: Nimbus

By Steven W. Beattie

As of Aug. 1, Nimbus Publishing is distributed ... Read More »

August 19, 2019

Montreal’s Concordia University finds a higher purpose with the launch of a new academic press

By Steven W. Beattie

After more than a decade of incubation, academic-publishing newcomer Concordia University Press is releasing its first two titles. The idea to build a publishing arm at Concordia originated in 2010 as part of the Montreal ... Read More »

August 19, 2019

Sonnet L'Abbé

By Steven W. Beattie

Sonnet L’Abbé on overwriting the work of William Shakespeare

August 15, 2019

“He started it all, and he started it in his own way”: the legacy of Howard Engel, 1931–2019

By Steven W. Beattie

“When I was first published, there were three giants of Canadian crime writing: Eric Wright, Ted Wood, and Howard Engel,” says novelist Peter Robinson. “Now the last of the three is gone.” Robinson, a giant ... Read More »

July 18, 2019

Fall preview 2019: Short fiction and anthologies

By Steven W. Beattie

SHORT FICTION Even That Wildest Hope Seyward Goodhand Invisible Publishing, Oct. Seyward Goodhand’s short story “The Fur Trader’s Daughter” was shortlisted for the 2011 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Since then, short-fiction readers ... Read More »

July 18, 2019

Prolific mystery novelist Howard Engel dies at age 88

By Steven W. Beattie

Howard Engel, the author of the beloved Benny Cooperman series of mysteries, has died at the age of 88. Engel's death, from pneumonia, was confirmed by his longtime agent, Beverly Slopen. Born in 1931 in ... Read More »

July 16, 2019

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Beloved downtown Toronto bookstore Ben McNally Books to close current location in 2020

Ingrid Paulson addresses Margaret Atwood, Puritan society, and American exceptionalism with latest Gladstone Press release, The Scarlet Letter

Daily deals: Bunk 11 Pictures acquires TV rights to Andrew Kaufman’s Born Weird

HarperCollins acquires forthcoming memoir by Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu

Distribution Change: Nimbus

Montreal’s Concordia University finds a higher purpose with the launch of a new academic press

Sonnet L'Abbé

“He started it all, and he started it in his own way”: the legacy of Howard Engel, 1931–2019

Fall preview 2019: Short fiction and anthologies

Prolific mystery novelist Howard Engel dies at age 88

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