Book culture

The best best-books-of-the-year lists for 2017

This time of year, it seems everyone and their dog feels the need to weigh in with a best-books list (have you read ours?). Here’s a random sampling of what some other publications, organizations, and ... Read More »

December 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

The Winnipeg Review to shut down

By Sue Carter

The Winnipeg Review, on online publication based in the Manitoba city, will cease publication following its current issue. In an editorial published Nov. 5, Maurice Mierau, the Review's current editor, took full responsibility for the decision ... Read More »

November 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Canadian titles among diverse kids’ books librarian suggests to Melania Trump

By Becky Robertson

A school librarian in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has made headlines for turning down a bundle of Dr. Seuss books donated to her institution by First Lady Melania Trump. In public blog posts explaining her decision, librarian Liz Phipps ... Read More »

October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

CBC and Netflix renew Anne of Green Gables series for second season

By Becky Robertson

CBC-TV's adaptation of the CanLit classic Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery has been renewed for a second season. Production of Anne With an E, titled simply Anne in Canada, will commence this fall, for broadcast on the network and ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing

Ontario books-in-schools project funds publishers to create academic materials

By Becky Robertson

The government of Ontario has launched an initiative to get more Canadian literature into the province's schools as part of a culture strategy it released last July. The Canadian Books in Ontario Schools Fund, helmed by Tourism, Culture, ... Read More »

August 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Children's publishing

Watch the new trailer for the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace

By Becky Robertson

The trailer for the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace has arrived. The six-hour series, which premieres in Canada on CBC Sept. 25 and will be subsequently streamed globally on Netflix, is adapted ... Read More »

July 19, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Canadian writers invited to pitch their unpublished books in third #CanLitPit event

By Becky Robertson

Canadian writers are invited once again to participate in #CanLitPit, the online book-pitching event hosted by DigiWriting, during which publishers and agents like ECW Press, BookThug, Second Story Press, and the Rights Factory solicit manuscripts through ... Read More »

July 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Dave Bidini gets support from Atwood and Martel for his Toronto community-newspaper project

By Becky Robertson

Writer and musician Dave Bidini is embarking on a new publishing project that has garnered support from authors such as Margaret Atwood, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Yann Martel. The West End Phoenix, an ad-free non-profit ... Read More »

May 30, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Allan Hawco brings adaptation of Lisa Moore’s prison-escape adventure Caught to CBC

By Sue Carter

Republic of Doyle’s Allan Hawco will star and serve as showrunner for the television adaptation of Lisa Moore’s novel Caught (House of Anansi Press), coming to CBC in winter 2018. The show, which goes into ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Word on the Street Toronto launches writing contest for new, diverse voices

By Q&Q Staff

Toronto's Word on the Street festival has announced the creation if its first-ever writing contest. Writing DiverCity will accept fiction submissions from writers under the age of 35, and aims to highlight vibrancy and diversity in ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

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