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Indigo plans international store model, Montreal author-illustrator Meags Fitzgerald draws the lead-up to TCAF, and more

Obama announces his favourite reads Indigo to unveil new store model next year, with the aim to take it beyond Canada The Path to TCAF: Montreal-based illustrator and author Meags Fitzgerald chronicles the lead up to TCAF ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

League of Canadian Poets announces Jessamy Stursberg contest winners

By Becky Robertson

In honour of National Youth Arts Week, the winners of the League of Canadian Poets' Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian youth have been revealed. The winners are as follows: Senior category, judged by poets Tanya ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Union of Canada has revealed the shortlist for the 18th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, which recognizes the best first English-language short-story collection by a Canadian author. Author jury members Shani Mootoo, Susan ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Illustrator Lola Landekic on designing Lynn Crosbie’s Cobain–inspired book cover

By Sue Carter

Lynn Crosbie’s new novel, Where Did You Sleep Last Night (House of Anansi Press), follows 16-year-old Evelyn Gray, whose love for Kurt Cobain is so strong, she brings the iconic ’90s musician back to life. ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Kate Beaton and other comic artists draw David Bowie, U.K. crime writer Ruth Rendall has died, and more

By Becky Robertson

David Bowie renditions by Kate Beaton and other comic-book artists English crime writer Ruth Rendell has died Plans for Vancouver plaza named after Little Sister's bookstore co-founder Jim Deva move forward Stephen King, Gillian Flynn ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Poetry Month Q&A: Elena Johnson on nature poetry, data, and writing from the alpine tundra

By Ariel Gordon

Elena Johnson is a Vancouver-based poet who recently launched her first book, Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra (Gaspereau Press). The collection was written and researched during a month-long stint in 2008 as writer-in-residence at ... Read More »

May 1, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Inhabit Media wins Entrepreneur of the Year at Frozen Globe Awards

By Sarah Kester

Iqaluit's Inhabit Media took home the Nunavut Entrepreneur of the Year last night at the Frozen Globe Awards. Launched in 2006, the Inuit-owned publishing company produces children's books, non-fiction, and memoirs. Now in its third year, the Frozen Globe ... Read More »

May 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood, Heather O’Neill, and Eliza Robertson among 17 Canadians longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award

By Sarah Kester

The longlist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize has been announced and 17* Canadian authors have been nominated. The €25,000 prize is given to a story collection published in English between July 2014 and June ... Read More »

May 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Barak Obama hopes to increase literacy with ebooks, one of Dylan Thomas’s notebooks has been found, and more

By Sarah Kester

First edition of The Little Prince, inscribed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s assistant, goes on sale for £150,000 President Barack Obama teams up with publishers to distribute $25 million worth of ebooks to low-income students A rare Dylan Thomas notebook ... Read More »

May 1, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Terry Fallis wins second Leacock Medal for No Relation

By Sarah Kester

Terry Fallis's fourth book, No Relation (McClelland & Stewart), has won him a second Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. The announcement was made today at the Best Western Mariposa Inn in Orillia. Fallis won the award in 2008 for ... Read More »

April 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

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Indigo plans international store model, Montreal author-illustrator Meags Fitzgerald draws the lead-up to TCAF, and more

League of Canadian Poets announces Jessamy Stursberg contest winners

2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist announced

Illustrator Lola Landekic on designing Lynn Crosbie’s Cobain–inspired book cover

Kate Beaton and other comic artists draw David Bowie, U.K. crime writer Ruth Rendall has died, and more

Poetry Month Q&A: Elena Johnson on nature poetry, data, and writing from the alpine tundra

Inhabit Media wins Entrepreneur of the Year at Frozen Globe Awards

Margaret Atwood, Heather O’Neill, and Eliza Robertson among 17 Canadians longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award

Barak Obama hopes to increase literacy with ebooks, one of Dylan Thomas’s notebooks has been found, and more

Terry Fallis wins second Leacock Medal for No Relation

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