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Indigo to discount an additional 60 titles a month

Heather Reisman, chair and CEO of Indigo Books and Music Inc., made a number of announcements at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on June 29, including the retailer's plan to increase the number ... Read More »

June 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling

New Russian translations due from Columbia University, 2015 Carnegie Medal winners announced, and more

By Becky Robertson

Russian and American academics partner for new translation series. Anthony Doerr and Bryan Stevenson win 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals. Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton's posthumous novel Micro to be adapted to film by Dreamworks. E.L. James ... Read More »

June 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Summer literary festivals: July roundup

By Monika Lemke

Nova Scotia's Port Medway Readers' Festival kicks off on July 4 with author and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, whose most recent novel is 2014's Adult Onset. On July 12, Canadian celebrity chef Bonnie Stern will share her Essentials of Home Cooking. ... Read More »

June 30, 2015 | Filed under: Events

M.G. Vassanji wins 2015 Molson Prize

By Becky Robertson

Canadian Council for the Arts has announced two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author M.G. Vassanji as a recipient of its annual $50,000 Molson Prize. The award recognizes two distinguished members of the arts and social-science communities ... Read More »

June 29, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Brits insist there’s more to U.K. literature than Fifty Shades, Charleston library renamed for church shooting victim, and more

By Becky Robertson

Online campaign launched to emphasize British fiction outside the Grey phenomenon after author E.L. James's net worth estimated at £37-million Charleston, S.C., library renamed in honour of church shooting victim Cynthia Graham Hurd Google Ventures ... Read More »

June 29, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

“Modernism has come to Canada”: the enduring legacy of Dave Godfrey

By Steven W. Beattie

Dave Godfrey, who died of pancreatic cancer earlier this week, embodied a series of contradictions. He was a staunch cultural nationalist who set his best-known work of fiction in Africa; an author who prized linguistic ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, People

Anne Enright, Garth Risk Hallberg, Miriam Toews among authors appearing at 2015 IFOA

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors, coming to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre Oct. 22–Nov. 1, has announced its preliminary lineup of more than 50 authors spanning multiple genres and forms. Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright, Garth ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Events

2015 Alberta Book Publishing Awards finalists announced

By Becky Robertson

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta has revealed the finalists for its annual awards. The following shortlists were chosen from more than 70 entries submitted by nine of the province's publishers: Alberta Book Design Awards ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood to pen cartoons for Geek Girls anthology, Harlequin launches reader rewards program, and more

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood to contribute cartoons to The Secret Loves of Geek Girls anthology Harlequin launches reader rewards program in Canada and U.S. offering free gifts and Skype conversations with authors The Toronto Reference Library's new ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Dave Godfrey, Governor General’s Literary Award winner and co-founder of House of Anansi Press, dies

By Steven W. Beattie

Dave Godfrey was many things: an author and publisher who was at the forefront of the CanLit explosion in the 1960s and ’70s, a teacher, a software developer, and a vintner. He was also a ... Read More »

June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, People

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Indigo to discount an additional 60 titles a month

New Russian translations due from Columbia University, 2015 Carnegie Medal winners announced, and more

Summer literary festivals: July roundup

M.G. Vassanji wins 2015 Molson Prize

Brits insist there’s more to U.K. literature than Fifty Shades, Charleston library renamed for church shooting victim, and more

“Modernism has come to Canada”: the enduring legacy of Dave Godfrey

Anne Enright, Garth Risk Hallberg, Miriam Toews among authors appearing at 2015 IFOA

2015 Alberta Book Publishing Awards finalists announced

Margaret Atwood to pen cartoons for Geek Girls anthology, Harlequin launches reader rewards program, and more

Dave Godfrey, Governor General’s Literary Award winner and co-founder of House of Anansi Press, dies

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