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Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo win Speaker’s Book Award

Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo are co-winners of the 2015 Speaker's Book Award for the residential-school memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History (Knopf Canada). Established by 2012 ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Arsenal Pulp Press leads Canadian Lambda Literary Award nominations

By Becky Robertson

Twelve titles by Canadian authors and publishers were named as finalists for the 28th annual Lambda Literary Awards, which recognize the year's best LGBTQ–authored books. Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press, which received two nominations last year, ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

International Women’s Day Book Links: Baileys Women’s Prize longlist announced; women writers from every continent; 12 must-read Canadian novels by women

By Becky Robertson

Kate Atkinson, Anne Enright among authors longlisted for 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. (The Bookseller) Readers choose their favourite books by women. (The Guardian) A roundup of women writers from each continent. (Book Riot) ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 RBC Taylor Prize

By Becky Robertson

Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan has been recognized with this year's RBC Taylor Prize for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Sveltana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). Sullivan was presented with the $25,000 literary non-fiction award ... Read More »

March 7, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: retirees leading the e-reading revolution; Mark Twain’s copyright battle from beyond the grave; Harper Lee’s will sealed from public

By Becky Robertson

Half of Kobo customers are over 55 or retired, says CEO Michael Tamblyn. (Good e-Reader) YA and middle-grade books are longer than ever. Thanks, Harry Potter. (ios9) Harper Lee's will sealed from the public. (The ... Read More »

March 7, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Wayne Gretzky to write book for NHL’s 99th anniversary; J.K. Rowling explodes the Internet (again); two words: horse library

By Becky Robertson

Wayne Gretzky to pen hockey memoir for NHL's 99th anniversary. (CBC Books) Librarians accuse U.K. culture minister of citing false figures about state of libraries. (The Guardian) J.K. Rowling reveals Fantastic Beasts and Where to ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: UBC announces finalists for Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By Becky Robertson

The University of British Columbia and B.C. BookWorld have announced the shortlist for this year's Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for scholarly B.C.-focused books: Lisa Pasolli, Working Mothers and the Child Care Dilemma: A History of British ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar Literary Award

By Becky Robertson

Winnipeg author Maurice Mierau took home the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award on March 2 for his 2014 non-fiction title Detachment: An Adoption Memoir, about the authors' family's experience adopting two Ukrainian boys in 2005. The ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Backlist: 47 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

In its March 28, 1969, issue, Quill & Quire reported on a new joint venture between Montreal's McGill University and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Together, the two institutions established McGill–Queen's University Press, "a successor ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: Happy #WorldBookDay; CNET launches fiction series; more Trump erotica

By Becky Robertson

Happy World Book Day!: #WorldBookDay trends on Twitter (Twitter); 40 novels to read before you die (The Independent); WBD 2016 breaks Guinness World Record (The Bookseller); test your knowledge of books for young readers. (The Guardian) ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

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Quill and Quire

Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo win Speaker’s Book Award

Arsenal Pulp Press leads Canadian Lambda Literary Award nominations

International Women’s Day Book Links: Baileys Women’s Prize longlist announced; women writers from every continent; 12 must-read Canadian novels by women

Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 RBC Taylor Prize

Book Links: retirees leading the e-reading revolution; Mark Twain’s copyright battle from beyond the grave; Harper Lee’s will sealed from public

Book Links: Wayne Gretzky to write book for NHL’s 99th anniversary; J.K. Rowling explodes the Internet (again); two words: horse library

Awards: UBC announces finalists for Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

Awards: Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar Literary Award

Backlist: 47 years ago in Quill & Quire

Book Links: Happy #WorldBookDay; CNET launches fiction series; more Trump erotica

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