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Toronto airport to offer free HarperCollins ebooks, Atwood honoured by American Academy of Arts and Letters, and more

BookShout, HarperCollins, and American Express Canada team up to offer free ebooks at Toronto's Pearson International Airport Margaret Atwood named foreign honorary member of American Academy of Arts and Letters and one of The Guardian’s most ... Read More »

May 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

OLA hands out 2015 Forest of Reading awards at Festival of Trees

By Dory Cerny

Despite some tumultuous weather, thousands of kids and authors gathered at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre May 12–13 to celebrate the Ontario Library Association's Festival of Trees, in association with IFOA. Along with author signings, workshops, and ... Read More »

May 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

Indigo to renovate and rebrand six locations

By Becky Robertson

Just days after Indigo Books and Music CEO Heather Reisman announced plans for new locations in Vancouver and Toronto and intent to expand into the U.S. with a new store model, it's been revealed that ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

Cape Breton bookmark site to honour Alistair MacLeod

By Monika Lemke

Project Bookmark Canada, which erects textual markers from stories and poems in the places where literary scenes are set, announced that the bookmark for Alistair MacLeod’s 1999 novel No Great Mischief will be unveiled Oct. 1 ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Twitter Fiction Festival kicks off, fairytales at the British Academy’s Literature Week, and more

By Monika Lemke

The Twitter Fiction Festival runs May 11 to 15 @TWFictionFest, includes Lemony Snicket, Margaret Atwood, and others The British Academy and Folio Society exhibits fairytale illustrations from all over the world as part of the Academy’s ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Exclusive sneak peek: Dennis Lee’s Garbage Delight board book

By Dory Cerny

HarperCollins Canada is adding another updated edition of a Dennis Lee classic to their catalogue of sturdy books for babies. Originally published in the 1977 poetry collection of the same name, Garbage Delight will be ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 11th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were presented at a ceremony as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival on Sunday. Toronto artist Nina Bunjevac won the award for best book for Fatherland ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Groundwood releases 15th-anniversary editions of Deborah Ellis’s The Breadwinner series

By Safa Jinje

In celebration of its milestone anniversary, Groundwood Books is releasing new editions of its most successful series Deborah Ellis’s groundbreaking 2000 novel, The Breadwinner, and its companion titles – Parvana’s Journey, Mud City, and My ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Q&A with Game of Thrones linguist David J. Peterson, book lovers remember The Colbert Report and The Daily Show, and more

By Becky Robertson

A Q&A with David J. Peterson, the linguist behind languages in Game of Thrones and other popular TV and film adaptations Remembering the best bookish moments on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show Infographic: ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Doug Wright Spotlight Award nominee Meags Fitzgerald

By Sue Carter

If you're heading to TCAF this weekend, stop by the Conundrum Press booth to congratulate Montreal comics artist Meags Fitzgerald, who is up for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award for her debut graphic novel Photobooth: ... Read More »

May 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

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