For Andrea Warner’s upcoming Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography, she booked the perfect opening act: Joni Mitchell.
Novelist and writing teacher Ann Ireland dies at age 65
In a blow that has been felt acutely by many in the Canadian literary community, writer and teacher Ann Ireland died on Aug. 23 at the age of 65.
Canadian-born publisher John Calder, known for censorship battles, published Beckett, Ionesco, Duras, and Selby Jr.
The Montreal-born publisher John Calder, who died last week at the age of 91, was instrumental in battling the forces of censorship in the postwar 20th century.
Vivek Shraya seizes power through vulnerability in her patriarchy-detonating manifesto I’m Afraid of Men
Self-empowerment has been on multidisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya’s mind as she prepares to launch her memoir-manifesto I’m Afraid of Men (Penguin Canada). The volume shares its title with a song on Part-Time Woman, Shraya’s Polaris Music Prize–longlisted EP with the Queer Songbook Orchestra. But “I’m afraid of men” also serves as a thesis statement for her confessional, confrontational critique of our male-centred culture.
AGO curator Wanda Nanibush on editing the art book, Rebecca Belmore: Facing the Monumental
In October 2017, Wanda Nanibush was named the Art Gallery of Ontario’s first Indigenous curator for its new Department of… Read More »
How M&S readied Richard Wagamese’s unfinished final novel for publication
When author Richard Wagamese died in March 2017 at age 61, he was at work on a novel that would continue the story of Franklin Starlight, the protagonist of his 2014 novel Medicine Walk.
New advocates join growing drive to donate Indigenous books to Ontario schools
More books by Indigenous authors have been pledged towards Ontario public schools by Anishinabek Nation, Portage & Main Press, and HarperCollins.
Transatlantic Agency bolsters U.S. presence as Jill Corcoran named partner
On July 16, Toronto-based literary agency Transatlantic announced Jill Corcoran, president of Jill Corcoran Literary Agency, as partner and senior agent.
No forecasted outcome: Writer Sarah Sawler on co-authoring with YouTube weather star Frankie MacDonald
When Nimbus Publishing asked freelance writer Sarah Sawler to co-author a book with YouTube star Frankie MacDonald, they had no idea what the book would look like.
The Marrow Thieves author Cherie Dimaline remains true to her role as a Métis “storykeeper” amid international acclaim
The meteoric rise of her dystopian novel, currently in its ninth printing, has kept Dimaline and her publisher on their toes.
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