The top three finalists for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour have been announced.
Samantha Cutrara receives IBBY research grant to focus on how comics depict Canadian history
Samantha Cutrara, an historian, educator, and curriculum specialist at York University, has been awarded the 2018 Frances E. Russell Grant.
Daily Deals: TV rights acquired for Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves
Three emerging writers announced for Bronwen Wallace Award
Three young writers have been announced as finalists for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.
Distribution Change: Taunton Press
Daily Deals: foreign rights deals for Rupi Kaur, Michael Bungay Stanier
Sharon Bala’s The Boat People, Omar El Akkad’s American War make shortlist for Canada’s First Novel Award
The Walrus Foundation and Amazon Canada have announced the six shortlisted books for the 42nd annual First Novel Award.
Spotlight on Nova Scotia: Lexicon Books
It’s been two years since Lexicon Books opened its doors in picturesque Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a town best known for its tall ships and colonial architecture. Through trial and error, Lexicon’s co-owners – poet Alice Burdick, children’s illustrator Anne-Marie Sheppard, and author Jo Treggiari – have found a winning formula that balances the book-buying needs of local residents with those of the town’s thriving tourism industry. Burdick spoke to Q&Q about running a small-town bookshop.
Q&A: Rebecca Best, Kobo’s manager of original content, on the digital platform’s plans for the audiobook market
In January 2018, Kobo Rakuten took a plunge into the growing audiobook market with the launch of its new Kobo Originals program.
How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition
“With a poem, you’re trying to say the unsayable.” As poetic manifestoes go, this one is fairly typical of Toronto’s Jeff Latosik.
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