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Literary Event Listings: April 25–May 1

MONDAY, APRIL 25 Gary Barwin: Penguin Random House Canada's New Face of Fiction launches Yiddish for Pirates. Dora Keogh Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Ave., Toronto. 6:30 p.m. Free Jeff Steudel and Caroline Woodward: The ... Read More »

April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Events

Awards: Arthur Ellis nominees revealed

By Sue Carter

Crime Writers of Canada have announced the shortlists for this year's Arthur Ellis Awards. The eight awards recognize excellence in Canadian crime writing. The winners will be presented May 26 at Toronto's Arts & Letters ... Read More »

April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Griffin Prize–nominated poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips’s Purple Elegy for Prince; Elena Ferrante is influential; Judy Blume’s house is for sale

By Sue Carter

"Purple Elegy" by Griffin Prize shortlisted poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips. (The Paris Review) Authors Naomi Jackson, Alexander Chee, and Kaitlyn Greenidge reflect on Prince's legacy. (Literary Hub) Elena Ferrante and Ta-Nehisi Coates make Time's 100 Most ... Read More »

April 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff receive 2016 National Business Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff's insider examination of the BlackBerry enterprise, Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry (HarperCollins Canada), has won the journalists this year's $30,000 National Business Book Award. The duo received ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

John Ibbitson wins 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

By Becky Robertson

Globe and Mail Ottawa political affairs correspondent John Ibbitson has been named winner of the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Stephen Harper (Signal/McClelland & Stewart), his biography of the former prime minister. The $25,000 prize, administered by ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Backlist: 63 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

Quill & Quire took a broad view of book news in its early days, regularly reporting on all things writerly. In its Stationary News section for April 1953, the magazine reported on the W.A. Sheaffer ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Seth, DeForge, Tamaki among Doug Wright Award nominees

By Conan Tobias

Nominees for the 2016 Doug Wright Awards were announced on April 21, with many established names featured alongside several up-and-comers. Montreal's Drawn & Quarterly dominated the best book award category, with five of the six ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: Panama Papers book in the works; the Pulitzer effect on book sales; books for Dummies rebranded

By Becky Robertson

Title on Panama Papers due next year from journalist Jack Bernstein. (Entertainment Weekly) The Pulitzer Prize effect on book sales. (Time) Wiley's Dummies books rebrand for 25th anniversary. (Publishing Perspectives) Library of America receive $550,000 ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: New Millennium installment will strike new tone; Smashwords reveals self-pub data; Andy Weir on his next novel

By Becky Robertson

New Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel will be written in different, Chandler-like style. (The Telegraph) Smashwords survey finds preorders earn more, longer books sell better for self-published titles. (Good e-Reader) Netflix CEO Reed Hastings ... Read More »

April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Rosemary McCarney, children’s author and Canada’s ambassador to the UN

By Dory Cerny

Rosemary McCarney has long been a champion of human rights and standing up for those in need. During her time as president and CEO of Plan Canada, she oversaw the Because I am a Girl ... Read More »

April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

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