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Q&A: Lakes of Canada’s Jake Smith on turning personal tragedy and A Handmaid’s Tale into music

Montreal indie musician Jake Smith first read Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel A Handmaid’s Tale in 2011. He found a copy of the book while cleaning his mother's home, following her shocking murder there the previous fall. Now, ... Read More »

October 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

CWILA’s 2014 count suggests “quantifiable shift in gender representation” in literary media

By Sue Carter

Canadian Women in the Literary Arts, which tracks gender parity in literary criticism, has released its 2014 survey, with results that are marginally positive for women authors and reviewers. The annual report tracks the ratio ... Read More »

October 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

“You need a clothesline”: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein on the film adaptation of This Changes Everything

By Steven W. Beattie

This Changes Everything may be the only film on which Alfonso Cuarón shares a producer credit with Seth Macfarlane. The documentary, directed by Avi Lewis and based on the best-selling 2014 book by Naomi Klein, ... Read More »

October 8, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Book Links: revenge of the booksellers; Hillary Clinton ups her sales numbers; finally, a colouring book for kids;

By Becky Robertson

Debut novel by Canadian screenwriter Elan Mastai acquired in seven figure deal ahead of Frankfurt Book Fair. (Publishers Weekly) Booksellers take revenge on former Australian premier who cut arts funding by not stocking his book. ... Read More »

October 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: the Miss Marple you didn’t know you wanted; Stephanie Meyer’s blood-sucking new book; it’s raining money on Mars

By Becky Robertson

CBS to offer up a sexy, young Miss Marple to complement its world-weary Nancy Drew. (AV Club) U.K. book chain Waterstones phases out the sale of Kindle e-readers following “pitiful sales.” (The Guardian) Toronto-based Colborne ... Read More »

October 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Helen Humphreys, Susin Nielsen among Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists in seven categories for this year's Governor General’s Literary Awards. The winner in each category will be awarded $25,000, with the winning publishers each receiving ... Read More »

October 7, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Rosemary Sullivan wins Weston Prize for Stalin’s Daughter

By Sue Carter

Accomplished Toronto poet, author, and biographer Rosemary Sullivan has won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). The $60,000 award was ... Read More »

October 6, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

James Fenton awarded PEN Pinter Prize, shares with imprisoned Saudi author Raif Badawi

By Conan Tobias

James Fenton, the British poet, journalist and literary critic, has been named the 2015 recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize. The prize is awarded each year to a British author, and shared with an international ... Read More »

October 6, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Iran threatens book-fair boycott; brushing up Shakespeare; roll over, Johannes

By Conan Tobias

Project Gutenberg digitizes its 50,000th book, blowing Johannes’s mind from beyond the grave. (Project Gutenberg News) The ’80s are alive in Iran as the country threatens to boycott Frankfurt book fair over scheduled appearance by ... Read More »

October 6, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Alexis, Archibald, and Schofield highlight a strong Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

By Steven W. Beattie

At an announcement this morning in Toronto, four of the five jury members for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize unveiled what must by any measure qualify as one of the strongest shortlists in the 22-year ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Q&A: Lakes of Canada’s Jake Smith on turning personal tragedy and A Handmaid’s Tale into music

CWILA’s 2014 count suggests “quantifiable shift in gender representation” in literary media

“You need a clothesline”: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein on the film adaptation of This Changes Everything

Book Links: revenge of the booksellers; Hillary Clinton ups her sales numbers; finally, a colouring book for kids;

Book Links: the Miss Marple you didn’t know you wanted; Stephanie Meyer’s blood-sucking new book; it’s raining money on Mars

Helen Humphreys, Susin Nielsen among Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

Rosemary Sullivan wins Weston Prize for Stalin’s Daughter

James Fenton awarded PEN Pinter Prize, shares with imprisoned Saudi author Raif Badawi

Book Links: Iran threatens book-fair boycott; brushing up Shakespeare; roll over, Johannes

Alexis, Archibald, and Schofield highlight a strong Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

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