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Cozy Classics creators find “the Force” with Star Wars books

Three years after introducing their highly successful and innovative board-book series, Cozy Classics (Simply Read Books), Vancouver-born twin brothers Holman and Jack Wang are setting their sights on a galaxy far, far away with a ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Madeleine Thien a finalist for U.K.’s 2015 EFG Short Story Award

By Becky Robertson

B.C. author Madeleine Thien has been named one of six finalists for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the world's richest prize for a work of short fiction, for her story "The Wedding Cake." ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Edward St. Aubyn joins Atwood for Hogarth Shakespeare series, Wikipedia edit-a-thon champions women in the arts, and more

By Becky Robertson

Edward St. Aubyn added to roster for Hogarth Shakespeare series, joining Margaret Atwood and others Art & Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon encourages increased coverage of women in the arts and female editorship Brooklyn Arts Press attempts ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Writers’ Trust of Canada wins $25,000 in funding through RBC’s public vote

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has won $25,000 in funding thanks to the RBC Emerging Artists Project. RBC, which sponsors the Writers' Trust RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, conducted a public poll asking ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Plum Johnson becomes first woman to win Taylor Prize in more than a decade

By Sue Carter

Plum Johnson is the first woman in 11 years to take home the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize, which celebrates excellence in Canadian non-fiction. The award was presented at a ceremony this afternoon in Toronto. “I ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

The challenges of non-fiction writing, Douglas Coupland’s latest art exhibit, and more

By Becky Robertson

Only those with "the cash to support the habit" are able to produce "worthwhile non-fiction": the problem with non-fiction book advances "Where his work as a novelist and visual artist clearly intersect": Douglas Coupland's everywhere ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

RBC Taylor Prize finalists on their writing inspiration, ISIS and the ironies of libraries during wartime, and more

By Becky Robertson

RBC Taylor Prize finalists Barbara Taylor, David O'Keefe, and Plum Johnson talk to The Globe and Mail about what inspired each of their books ISIS's destruction of Mosul libraries and the ironies of libraries during ... Read More »

February 26, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: author Erika Ritter on her fascination with dogs in literature and art

By Sue Carter

Erika Ritter’s fascination for our canine friends is no secret. The author of five fiction and non-fiction titles, including the 2009 Writers’ Trust finalist The Dog by the Cradle, The Serpent Beneath: Some Paradoxes of ... Read More »

February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, People

UBC announces 2015 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

The University of British Columbia Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society have revealed the shortlist for the third annual Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding scholarly book on British Columbia. The finalists are as follows: ... Read More »

February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Marvel calls out critics of female Thor, PEN Literary Awards announce diverse judging panel, and more

By Becky Robertson

Marvel's female Thor addresses critics who say "feminists are ruining everything" in latest issue PEN Literary Awards get diversity right with this year's judging panel CBC announces 2015 Bookie Award winners U.K. bookseller offers edition ... Read More »

February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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