Town is by the Sea, The Marrow Thieves, When the Moon Comes honoured at TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards
Author Joanne Schwartz and illustrator Sydney Smith found themselves on stage once again last night, as their much-lauded picture book Town is by the Sea (Groundwood Books) took home the grand prize.
Sarah Henstra, Darrel J. McLeod win Governor General’s Literary Awards
Daily Deals: World English rights sold to Billy-Ray Belcourt collection
Eden Robinson talks making movie magic out of her novel Monkey Beach
It’s laughs, camera, action as Eden Robinson reports from the film set of the long-gestating adaptation of her novel Monkey Beach.
Jessica Aldred on how video games like the Bioshock series have much to teach us about our past, present, and future
It has never been more crucial for game studies and game culture to revisit its “canonical” texts through the intersectional lenses of gender, sexuality, race, and class.
Jennifer Croll’s Free the Tipple celebrates female icons with personalized cocktails
When Vancouver author and editor Jennifer Croll launched her 2016 YA non-fiction title, Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga, she concocted a few special drinks for the event in honour of the women profiled in her book. Croll observed how much her guests enjoyed imbibing cocktails like “the Coco Chanel.” Inspired, she pitched her editor at Prestel Publishing a book of drink recipes named after influential women in history.
B.C. activist press New Society Publishers proves well positioned in the volatile Trump era
With the political climate south of the border continually making headlines, titles about social change are finding a larger audience.
Daily Deals: Universal nabs TV rights to new Lori Lansens novel
Canadian writers’ income plummeted 27 per cent in three years
Canadian writers are earning substantially less of their income from writing, a survey by The Writers’ Union of Canada has found.
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