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.
The League of Canadian Poets announces shortlists
Toronto poet Phoebe Wang received two nominations, as did 2018 Griffin Prize finalist Billy-Ray Belcourt.
Daily Deals: S&S Canada acquires Patrick Senécal thriller
Address change: Biblioasis
Daily Deals: Vagrant Press acquires Ian Colford story collection
Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation
It was activist involvement that gave birth to Chiasson’s first book of poetry, the 1974 collection Mourir à Scoudouc. Published by Éditions d’Acadie, the book helped establish Acadian writing as a vibrant and viable form and went on to sell an astonishing 4,000 copies.
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