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ReLit Award winners announced

The winners of the 2014 ReLit Awards, which honour the best titles released by Canadian indie publishers, were announced this morning. Nathaniel G. Moore won in the novel category for Savage: 1986 2011 (Anvil Press), ... Read More »

January 27, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2014 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has revealed the finalists for the 15th annual Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The award recognizes a superb work of literary non-fiction that "captures a political subject of relevance ... Read More »

January 27, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Ronald McDonald House and First Book Canada launch book fair

By Dory Cerny

Toronto author-illustrator Julie Kraulis entertained children and staff at Ronald McDonald House on Jan. 21 with a reading from her new picture book, An Armadillo in Paris (Tundra Books), as part of RMH Toronto's inaugural ... Read More »

January 27, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

A tribute to Mordecai Richler, suspected remains of Miguel de Cervantes discovered, and more

By Becky Robertson

A tribute to Mordecai Richler on his birthday Forensic scientists may have found Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes' grave Chinese government to require online authors to associate true identities with pen names Jason Segel ... Read More »

January 27, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Timothy Caulfield on debunking Gwyneth Paltrow

By Sue Carter

In Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? (Viking Canada), health science expert and confessed pop-culture fan Timothy Caulfield draws from data and personal field research (including the set of American Idol) to explore how celebrity ... Read More »

January 27, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Spring preview 2015: memoirs and culture

By Sue Carter

AN ARTFUL LIFE An accompanying catalogue for a joint exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British ... Read More »

January 26, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Louise Penny speaks out on Alzheimer’s disease, The Handmaid’s Tale’s horrible early review, and more

By Becky Robertson

Louise Penny chosen as Alzheimer's Awareness Month spokesperson 12 classic titles, including Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, that received horrible early reviews Research shows almost a third of published authors earn less than $500 U.S. a year ... Read More »

January 26, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Spring preview 2015: more books for young people

By Dory Cerny

LIFE AFTER SEVEN The Seven Series and its follow-up, Seven Sequels, have been smash hits for Orca Book Publishers. Two of the contributing authors have titles out with the publisher this spring. Sigmund Brouwer takes ... Read More »

January 23, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Spring preview 2015: books for young people

By Dory Cerny

POETS, MAN When it comes to Canadian children’s poetry, you’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger name than Dennis Lee. On the heels of the 40th anniversary of Alligator Pie, Lee will release his first ... Read More »

January 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Julie Morstad titles land on HuffPost’s list of kidlit classics, Bookriot’s CanLit bingo, and more

By Becky Robertson

Canadian titles Julia, Child and How To among Huffington Post’s 20 new classics every child should own Bookriot does CanLit bingo The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao tops BBC's best books of the 21st ... Read More »

January 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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