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Kevin Sands nominated for a 2016 Edgar Award

The Mystery Writers of America has nominated Toronto author Kevin Sands for a 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the juvenile category for his debut novel The Blackthorn Key (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Canada). Sands is ... Read More »

January 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Pearson cuts 10% of its work force; Rosemary Sullivan nominated for National Book Critics Circle Award

By Becky Robertson

Pearson cuts 4,000 jobs in new business plan. (The Telegraph) Rosemary Sullivan sole Canadian nominated for this year's U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award. (The New York Times) Two of missing Hong Kong booksellers found ... Read More »

January 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Books by Hill, Nawaz, and Winter among 2016 CBC Canada Reads contenders

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books has announced the five celebrity panelists and the respective titles they'll be defending in the 2016 edition of Canada Reads. This year's theme is "starting over," with a focus on immigrant and other ... Read More »

January 20, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: Penguin U.K. nixes degree requirement; Harlequin leaves readers wanting more with new serial publication

By Becky Robertson

Penguin U.K. no longer requires prospective employees to hold a degree. (The Guardian) Iranian culture minister bans the word "wine" and names of "foreign animals" in books published in the country. (The Telegraph) Harlequin hopes ... Read More »

January 20, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Glad Day Bookshop helps build library at LGBTQS youth shelter

By Becky Robertson

Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop has launched a charity project to support Sprott House, Canada's first LGBTQ2S youth shelter, which was founded last summer and opens in February. The bookseller is donating more than $800 of ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Writers’ Trust announces latest Berton House residents

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named its Berton House Writers' Retreat residents for the coming year. Toronto-based poet Claire Caldwell will begin her residency in July, followed by P.E.I. author Debra Komar, Vancouver children's ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Book Links: Oxford festival consider paying authors; Pottermore needs some magic; Scholastic promotes happy slaves

By Becky Robertson

Oxford Literary Festival to consider paying authors, following criticism. (The Guardian) Scholastic pulls picture book A Birthday Cake for George Washington, depicting "happy" slaves. (Seriously.) (Los Angeles Times) No digital magic for J.K. Rowling's Pottermore ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Lawrence Hill, Kathleen Winter among 2016 Giller Prize jury members

By Becky Robertson

Lawrence Hill will chair of the jury panel for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Along with the Book of Negroes author, the jury will include: Samantha Harvey, U.K. author and creative writing professor; Jeet Heer, ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Alexis von Konigslow on vocabulary lessons

By Q&Q Staff

A distinct or specific lexicon can help make the reading experience vivid and real, writes Alexis von Koningslow Sometimes, the thoughts that populate my head feel vastly different from those around me. I remember sitting ... Read More »

January 18, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Pedlar Press founder Beth Follett on her mission to become a “publisher of excellence”

By Sue Carter

It was a stunning CanLit upset last June when Kate Cayley’s debut story collection, How You Were Born, beat Margaret Atwood, Dionne Brand, and Thomas King, among others, for the $20,000 Ontario Trillium Book Award. ... Read More »

January 18, 2016 | Filed under: Industry news, People

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