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Juan Felipe Herrera named U.S. poet laureate, Ferguson library honoured as library of the year, and more

Juan Felipe Herrera first Latino to be named U.S. poet laureate. Ferguson Municipal Public Library chosen as Library Journal’s library of the year. With the release of Jurassic World, a look at Jurassic Park’s literary roots. ... Read More »

June 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Judith Saltman, Jacques Payette win IBBY Canada’s Aubry Award

By Dory Cerny

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Canada has announced the recipients of the 2014 Claude Aubry Awards for distinguished service in the field of children's literature in English and French. Judith Saltman, ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Casey Plett wins Lambda Literary Award for transgender fiction

By Becky Robertson

Winnipeg author and columnist Casey Plett has been named winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award in the transgender fiction category. The awards aim to recognize the best English-language LGBT titles published the previous year. ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Slideshow: 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize

By Becky Robertson

Hundreds of guests filled Toronto's Koerner Hall on June 3 and 4 for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize readings ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Martin Sheen to star in new Anne of Green Gables movie, Russia may mandate ebook versions of all titles, and more

By Becky Robertson

Martin Sheen comes to Canada to shoot Anne of Green Gables TV movie. Russian Book Chamber opposes government's proposal to mandate ebook versions of all titles for national digital library. Carmine Starnino on "the estrangement ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

2015 East Coast Literary Awards winners announced

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia has revealed the winners of this year's East Coast Literary Awards. The $25,000 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award went to Darren Greer for his third novel Just Beneath My ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named Vancouver author Alex Leslie winner of this year's $4,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers. Leslie was chosen by a jury comprising fellow writers Nancy Jo Cullen, ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Wayson Choy receives 2015 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award

By Becky Robertson

Chinese-Canadian author Wayson Choy has been named winner of this year's George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding long-time contributions to B.C. literature. The author was raised in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1940s, and was ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ann-Marie MacDonald shortlisted for 2016 Neustadt Prize

By Becky Robertson

Montreal author Ann-Marie MacDonald has been named a finalist for "America's Nobel Prize," the biennial Neustadt International Prize for Literature. MacDonald is the sole Canadian among nine authors shortlisted for their ongoing literary achievements. The ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Burning Man to celebrate writing with giant typewriter, Guantanamo Diary optioned for film while author remains imprisoned, and more

By Becky Robertson

Burning Man Festival to feature giant typewriter installation Mohamedou Ould Slahi remains incarcerated while his Guantanamo Diary is slated for film adaptation One of approximately eight existing proof copies of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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