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Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

The International Festival of Authors and Toronto's Now magazine have opened submissions for their annual Poetry Now Battle of the Bards competition. The March 30 reading event will spotlight 20 writers, selected by a random ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Hnatyshyn Foundation, a private charity supporting and promoting the arts, has announced a new series of awards for First Nations artists in Canada in six categories, including literature. The REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards will ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Brie Larson wins Oscar for film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room

By Becky Robertson

Emma Donoghue's Room received more acclaim on Feb. 28 when Brie Larson, star of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning novel's film adaptation – for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay – ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book Making: There are no rivalries between the Fan Brothers, kidlit’s latest super-duo

By Sue Carter

Siblings Terry and Eric Fan – known collectively as the Fan Brothers – share more than a last name. The two OCAD University graduates combined their artistic and written talents in their debut picture book, ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Bookselling, Children's publishing, People

Spaces: The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

By Q&Q Staff

A livre by any other name: The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec keeps English literature circulating in a city that’s predominantly French. English books are hard to come by in Quebec City, a ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news, Uncategorized

Book Links: How anyone can write an Amazon bestseller; confronting dictionary sexism; S&S launches Muslim kidlit imprint

By Becky Robertson

How to become an Amazon best-selling author for $3, in five minutes. (Observer) Confronting dictionary sexism after January's "rabid feminist" Twitter backlash. (The New Yorker) Donald Trump promises to give Jeff Bezos and Amazon "such ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Sydney Smith, Marion Arbona make IBBY Canada’s Cleaver Award shortlist

By Dory Cerny

IBBY Canada has announced the shortlist for the 2015 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. The annual award honours a Canadian illustrator for outstanding artistic talent in a book published (in English or French) the ... Read More »

February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book Links: Amazon looks to sell used ebooks; Umberto Eco’s final book’s bumped up; X-Files gets YA treatment

By Becky Robertson

Amazon seeks Canadian patent for used ebook marketplace. (The Digital Reader) Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji jailed for two years for "sexually explicit" writing. (CNN) New X-Files YA book series to follow adventures of teen Mulder ... Read More »

February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Grisham’s “most important” book is one about focused ultrasound; the trials of Russian kidlit; John Updike’s trash is another man’s $30,000

By Becky Robertson

Best-selling legal-thriller author John Grisham pens "the most important book of his career," advertising medical technology. (The Washington Post) Russia, where every children's book has to get the Institute of Health and Hygiene's O.K., and ... Read More »

February 24, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

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Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

Brie Larson wins Oscar for film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room

Book Making: There are no rivalries between the Fan Brothers, kidlit’s latest super-duo

Spaces: The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

Book Links: How anyone can write an Amazon bestseller; confronting dictionary sexism; S&S launches Muslim kidlit imprint

Sydney Smith, Marion Arbona make IBBY Canada’s Cleaver Award shortlist

Book Links: Amazon looks to sell used ebooks; Umberto Eco’s final book’s bumped up; X-Files gets YA treatment

Book Links: Grisham’s “most important” book is one about focused ultrasound; the trials of Russian kidlit; John Updike’s trash is another man’s $30,000

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