Cathy Marie Buchanan wins 2014 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award

Cathy Marie Buchanan is the winner of this year's Forest of Reading Evergreen Award for her book The Painted Girls (HarperCollins Canada), which was also slated for TV adaptation last fall. Initiated by the Ontario ... Read More »

November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Photos: the 2014 Writers’ Trust Awards

By Becky Robertson

On Nov. 4, the literary community gathered at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio as ... Read More »

November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Events, People

Cover to cover: Michel Vrana on designing Blind Spot

By Becky Robertson

Blindness, violence, and semiotics converge in designer Michel Vrana’s approach to Laurence Miall’s novel Blind Spot (NeWest Press) In Blind Spot, the protagonist’s parents are killed when their car is hit by a train during ... Read More »

November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Harlequin non-fiction moves to William Morrow, Joseph Heller’s musical comedy, and more

By Sue Carter

HarperCollins moves Harlequin non-fiction to William Morrow New York Public Library's artifacts include a letter opener made from the paw of Charles Dickens’ dead cat Cory Doctorow blames the Authors Guild for making us "all ... Read More »

November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian Children’s Literature Award winners announced

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Children's Book Centre revealed the winners of the 2014 Canadian Children's Literature Awards at a gala hosted by the CBC's Shelagh Rogers in Toronto this evening. The six English-language prize winners are: The ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Missing pieces: Alexandra Shimo on preserving Canada’s dark history

By Alexandra Shimo

At my book launch in August, a 70-year-old woman named Margaret slowly walked to the front of the room, and looked out at the audience. She began speaking in a deliberate voice, even though there ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Opinion

B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction longlist announced

By Becky Robertson

The B.C. Achievement Foundation revealed the longlist for the 2015 B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction today. Of 134 books nominated from 33 publishers, the following 10 were selected: The Necessary War: Canadians Fighting the ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Lemony Snicket on Netflix, Penguin Random House consolidates offices in Europe, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Netflix has secured rights to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Penguin Random House to close offices in France and Germany The Giving Tree turns 50 The Economist weighs in on the future of the book "Two ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

David Kent, domestic publishing, and the problem of distribution: why yesterday’s HarperCollins news matters

By Steven W. Beattie

There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about yesterday's news that HarperCollins Canada is embarking on a restructuring that will see the elimination of more than 100 jobs. The most high-profile of those job ... Read More »

November 5, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Court supports Globe in Jan Wong dispute, product placement in ebooks, and more

By Becky Robertson

Ontario Divisional Court upholds decision ordering Jan Wong to re-pay Globe and Mail $209,000+ in severance Product placement in ebooks Former New York Times executive editor to create startup advancing up to $100,000 to longform ... Read More »

November 5, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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