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Ontario MPP proposes poet laureate program in memory of Gord Downie

A new bill introduced into the Ontario Legislature on Dec. 4 is calling for the province to create a poet laureate program in memory of Gord Downie, the beloved Tragically Hip frontman who died of ... Read More »

December 6, 2017 | Filed under: People

Q&A: Mixed-media artist Jessica Bebenek on her interpretation of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land at Nuit Blanche

By Becky Robertson

Montreal-Toronto writer and artist Jessica Bebenek, whose focuses are language and textiles, is one of a handful of creators with literary-minded installations at this year's Nuit Blanche. The all-night art show takes place at locations across Toronto ... Read More »

September 29, 2017 | Filed under: Events, People

Cory Doctorow, Sylvain Neuvel tapped for Black Mirror books

By Becky Robertson

Canadian-British author/blogger Cory Doctorow and Montreal writer Sylvain Neuvel – whose road to bestselling science-fiction authordom began in 2016 with a story he wrote to accompany a toy robot he crafted for his son – are ... Read More »

September 21, 2017 | Filed under: Industry news, People

Actor and “lifelong nerd” Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse Comics team

By Becky Robertson

Actor, director, and screenwriter Jay Baruchel (This is the End, How to Train Your Dragon, Goon: Last of the Enforcers) has joined the team of Chapterhouse Publishing, the Toronto-based graphica house behind Captain Canuck. Founded in 2015, the company is the ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, People

Children’s author Gisela Tobien Sherman dies

By Dory Cerny

Canadian children's author Gisela Tobien Sherman died April 23 at the age of 69. Sherman suffered a heart attack while on one of the regular two-hour hikes she took near her home in Dundas, Ontario. Sherman was the ... Read More »

April 24, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing, People

YA author Norah McClintock has died

By Dory Cerny

Young-adult mystery author Norah McClintock has died following a nine-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Fellow author and long-time friend Frieda Wishinsky, who visited McClintock shortly before her death, announced the author's passing in a Facebook ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Industry news, People

Saoirse Ronan to star in adaptation of Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly

By Sue Carter

Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) has been cast as the lead in the film adaptation of Camilla Gibb's 2005 bestselling novel, Sweetness in the Belly. Zeresenay "Zee" Berhane Mehari (Difret) is set to direct the ... Read More »

February 1, 2017 | Filed under: People

Poet, songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82

By Conan Tobias

Leonard Cohen, the poet who became a legendary troubadour, died on Nov. 7 at the age of 82. His label, Sony Music Canada, and son, Adam, confirmed his death on Nov. 10. Cohen's chart success never ... Read More »

November 11, 2016 | Filed under: People

Mel Hurtig, publisher, author, dies at 84

By Conan Tobias

Mel Hurtig, the noted bookstore owner, creator of The Canadian Encyclopedia, and would-be politician, died in a hospital in Vancouver on Aug. 3. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia. He was 84. Hurtig opened ... Read More »

August 4, 2016 | Filed under: People

Personal Essay: Returning with PTSD from life on a reservation shed light on a troubling side of Canada’s history, writes Alexandra Shimo

By Alexandra Shimo

My first experience of the semantic headaches self-deception creates when working in a literary genre (creative non-fiction) that aims to capture the nuance and subtlety of life – the real “truth,” as it were – ... Read More »

July 4, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, People

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Ontario MPP proposes poet laureate program in memory of Gord Downie

Q&A: Mixed-media artist Jessica Bebenek on her interpretation of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land at Nuit Blanche

Cory Doctorow, Sylvain Neuvel tapped for Black Mirror books

Actor and “lifelong nerd” Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse Comics team

Children’s author Gisela Tobien Sherman dies

YA author Norah McClintock has died

Saoirse Ronan to star in adaptation of Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly

Poet, songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82

Mel Hurtig, publisher, author, dies at 84

Personal Essay: Returning with PTSD from life on a reservation shed light on a troubling side of Canada’s history, writes Alexandra Shimo

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