Toronto indie press BookThug looks to change its racially charged name
It was in 2014 when husband and wife Jay MillAr and Hazel Millar first got an inkling that the name of their Toronto-based indie press, BookThug – which MillAr named after a cheeky play on a few words that appear in a bill bissett poem – was now troublesome.
Daily Deals: Audiobook rights to Peter Wohlleben’s Inner Life of Animals sold to Novel Audio
Crowdfunded Indigenous Voices Awards formally launches, with focus on emerging talent
The Indigenous Literary Studies Association has launched the Indigenous Voices Awards, which began as a crowdfunding campaign in response to the notorious #AppropriationPrize hashtag in May.
Daily Deals: NeWest Press to publish Bruce Cinnamon debut, The Melting Queen
Celebrating Margie Wolfe of Second Story Press
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre brought together the publishing industry to honour a long-time feminist, social justice activist, and kidlit icon.
Daily Deals: Penguin to publish standalone essay on masculinity by Vivek Shraya
Festival director Heather Kanabe leaves WOTS Toronto
The Word on the Street Toronto has announced that festival director Heather Kanabe is stepping down.
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