A group of Canadian publishing professionals gathered at Toronto's Ben McNally Books on Feb. 29 to celebrate Simon & Schuster Canada editor Phyllis Bruce, who was recently appointed as a Member of the Order of ... Read More »
Siberian microminiaturist creates the world's smallest book. (The Guardian) Readers protest to save London's Feminist Library. (Vice) "Unfun" book club led by Texas congressman facing unanticipated scandal. (Melville House) Stephen King confirms Matthew McConaughey and ... Read More »
March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
The Canadian Library Association has announced the shortlist for its annual Young Adult Book Award for English-language works of YA fiction. The winner will be announced at an awards reception at the National Canadian Library ... Read More »
March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Illustrator Sydney Smith has been named winner of the International Board on Books for Young People's 2016 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Sidewalk Flowers (Groundwood Books), created in collaboration with author JonArno Lawson. ... Read More »
March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing
The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the five finalists for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing on March 2. The prize, now in its 16th year, is awarded to a book of literary ... Read More »
March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Washington-based New York Times reporter Scott Shane has been named winner of the 2016 Lionel Gelber Prize for Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone (Tim Duggan Books). Administered by ... Read More »
March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
The longlist for this year's National Business Book Award, a $30,000 prize for the best Canadian business-related title published the previous year, has been announced, and features two former and two current national newspaper ... Read More »
March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Toronto-based playwright Hannah Moscovitch has been named one of nine winners of this year's Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, a series of $150,000 (U.S.) awards Yale University presents to international writers of fiction, non-fiction, ... Read More »
March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
When reports of Al Purdy's death appeared on April 21, 2000, they stated that the renowned poet, who was suffering from metastatic lung cancer, had died in his sleep. Yesterday, Toronto Life published a posthumous ... Read More »
March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Authors
Peter Rabbit is the first kidlit character to be featured on a U.K. coin. (The Guardian) Toni Morrison among authors honoured with 2016 PEN Literary Awards. (GalleyCat) B.C.-based AbeBooks helps you determine if your Harry ... Read More »
March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book links
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