Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Exile Editions bring zombies to Canada

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a B.C."“based speculative-fiction writer and editor, and publisher of the micro-fiction Innsmouth Free Press. Her most recent project is editor of the anthology Dead North: The Exile Book of Canadian Zombie Fiction ... Read More »

October 31, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Drawn & Quarterly to publish WORN Fashion Journal archive

By Sue Carter

Over the past eight years, the Toronto cultural journal WORN has made its name as an alternative voice to mainstream fashion publications. Today, Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly announced it will release a collection ... Read More »

October 22, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

V&A researcher Kathryn Johnson gives the inside scoop behind David Bowie’s 100-book reading list

By Alison Lang

David Bowie Is, the hugely popular touring exhibition from London's Victoria and Albert Museum, has been packing crowds into the Art Gallery of Ontario. Before the Toronto opening on Sept. 26, the curators released a ... Read More »

October 16, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

AGO to debut Alain de Botton exhibition based on new book

By Sue Carter

The Art Gallery of Ontario is on a roll when it comes to bringing in high-profile names. Fresh off the attention it's receiving as the first North American institution to exhibit David Bowie Is comes ... Read More »

October 9, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Canada Reads 2014 seeks inspirational novels

By Julie Baldassi

Canada Reads, the CBC's battle of the books, is underway again. The annual radio showdown seeks to elevate one book that all Canadians should read. This year, advocates will debate not only the best book, ... Read More »

October 2, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Tanis Rideout novel gets the Jeopardy treatment

By Sue Carter

You know you've reached a certain level of success when Alex Trebek names your book on Jeopardy. On last night's program, Toronto author Tanis Rideout's 2012 historical novel, Above All Things (McClelland & Stewart), was ... Read More »

September 25, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Transforming Dalhousie University’s outdated books into building materials

By Maria Siassina

When Nova Scotia builder David Cameron heard that Halifax's Dalhousie University was running out of space to store more than 50,000 outdated journals and books archived in its libraries, he had an idea. Books contain ... Read More »

September 3, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Author of book on bullying in the workplace accuses co-author of bullying in the workplace

By Steven W. Beattie

Some authors traffic in irony, some have irony foisted upon them. In the latter category, best-selling author and authority on bullying Barbara Coloroso has found herself embroiled in a legal tangle with the putative co-author ... Read More »

August 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Semi Chellas and Esta Spalding to co-write film adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life

By Sue Carter

Screenwriters Semi Chellas* and Esta Spalding are co-writing an adaptation of Kate Atkinson's British wartime novel, Life After Life, for Lionsgate Entertainment. The two writers, who are well-known in the Canadian television industry, have plenty of ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Twelve lit-inspired films to watch for at TIFF

By Sue Carter

The Toronto International Film Festival has released the titles of 75 feature films that will appear as part of its September 5“15 lineup. As in previous years, there are plenty of book adaptations and literary-inspired ... Read More »

July 23, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

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