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Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi issues poetry challenge to cities

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is challenging his counterparts across the country to open a council meeting in March or April with a reading by a poet. The annual Mayor's Poetry City Challenge commemorates UNESCO's ... Read More »

February 10, 2016 | Filed under: Industry news, People

Book Links: Authors request review of Google Books; N.Y. high school illegally selling books to kids

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood among authors requesting legal review of Google's digitized library. (The Guardian) Aaron Sorkin is adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for Broadway. (Variety) Iggy Pop and Alva Noto release spoken-word tribute album to ... Read More »

February 10, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Gillian O’Reilly leaving Canadian Children’s Book News

By Dory Cerny

After two decades as editor of the Canadian Children's Book News (published by the Canadian Children's Book Centre), Gillian O'Reilly has announced she will leave her post as of March 31. "It's been 20 years ... Read More »

February 10, 2016 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing, People

Scholastic Canada to publish new Harry Potter

By Dory Cerny

Scholastic Canada has announced that it (and its U.S. counterpart) will release the eighth story in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II will be available at ... Read More »

February 10, 2016 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

YTV adapts Gordon Korman’s Macdonald Hall series for TV movie

By Becky Robertson

YTV is set to premiere the film adaptation of best-selling YA author Gordon Korman's Macdonald Hall series, produced in collaboration with Toronto and L.A.-based Aircraft Pictures. Named after the series' original title and its star ... Read More »

February 9, 2016 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Book Links: Scott Chantler, Canada’s first cartoonist-in-residence; Tamakis’ This One Summer banned from Florida schools; Google toys with unprintable books

By Becky Robertson

Scott Chantler named Canada's first university cartoonist-in-residence. (Maclean's) Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki's This One Summer pulled from high schools in Florida for "strong language and sexual content." (CBC Books) John Hopkins University study shows ... Read More »

February 9, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

League of Canadian Poets prepares for 2016 National Poetry Month

By Becky Robertson

The League of Canadian Poets has chosen "The Road" as the theme of this year's Canadian National Poetry Month, taking place in April. "It's time to celebrate the roads we travel, the roads we wish ... Read More »

February 8, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Guardians author Susan Pedersen among finalists for Gelber Prize

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for this year's Lionel Gelber Prize were announced on Feb. 2. The shortlist includes books by Canadian historian and professor Susan Pedersen, and New York Times national security reporter Scott Shane. Founded in ... Read More »

February 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Everything you know about Dracula’s origin is wrong; au revoir, circumflex?

By Becky Robertson

Dracula not inspired by Vlad the Impaler, but a priest from England, says Bram Stoker descendant. (Shortlist) #JeSuisCirconflexe: Outcry as French language authorities suggest changes to 2,400 words – including a lesser role for the circumflex. ... Read More »

February 8, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 B.C. National Non-fiction Award

By Becky Robertson

Rosemary Sullivan has received yet another accolade for her 2015 biography, Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Sveltana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). The Quebec-born author was presented with this year's British Columbia National ... Read More »

February 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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