Working with Andrea Martin on her debut book, Lady Parts

If her friend and fellow comedian Steve Martin had his way, Andrea Martin’s debut book would have been called Perky Tits. “In the end,” she writes in the book’s prologue, “my beloved editor nixed the ... Read More »

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

David Balzer: how “curationism” influences our reading identities

By Becky Robertson

David Balzer examines how the art world's obsession with "curationism" came to influence our personal reading identities The widely loathed, widely used contemporary action word “curate” can be traced back to performance. The adjective “curated” ... Read More »

October 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Digital publishing and technology

Photos: Small Print Toronto celebrates Roald Dahl Day

By Dory Cerny

Almost 400 golden-ticket-holding fans turned out at the Toronto Reference Library on Oct. 19 to celebrate Small Print Toronto's Roald Dahl Day and the 50th anniversary of one of the author's most beloved works for ... Read More »

October 22, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Events

Simon & Schuster signs deal with Amazon, Atwood’s Wattpad writing contest, and more

By Becky Robertson

Simon & Schuster signs contract with Amazon over ebook pricing Margaret Atwood hosts Stone Mattress writing contest on Wattpad San Antonio International Airport first to install free ebook terminals Accessible formats still a challenge for ... Read More »

October 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Chilly Tales editors Matt Daley and Cory McCallum

By Julie Baldassi

This week, 11th Dimension Press launches its inaugural graphic edition, Chilly Tales, the first of what could be many anthologies of Canadian art comics. Curated by illustrator-writer duo Plierpants (Matt Daley and Cory McCallum), the book includes ... Read More »

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Taste Canada awards pay tribute to the Cookbook Store

By Sue Carter

Toronto retailer the Cookbook Store, which closed earlier this spring after 31 years in business, received a special tribute at last night's Taste Canada food-writing awards ceremony. Rose Murray, who, in 1983, was the first ... Read More »

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Cundill Prize in Historical Literature finalists revealed

By Becky Robertson

Christopher Manfredi, dean of McGill University's Faculty of Arts, announced the finalists for the seventh annual Cundill Prize in Historical Literature yesterday. The prize is administered with the help of the McGill Institute for the ... Read More »

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Doretta Lau on submitting to literary magazines, actor Tom Hanks turns to fiction, and more

By Julie Baldassi

Doretta Lau's guide to submitting to literary magazines Tom Hanks (yes, that Tom Hanks) publishes a short story in the New Yorker Paul Krugman weighs in on how Amazon is "hurting America" Friday Night Lights and the impact of ... Read More »

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Kids in the Hall’s Bruce McCulloch on being a young, drunk punk

By Sue Carter

It’s been a rich season for Can-comedy titles, with memoirs from SCTV’s Andrea Martin and Martin Short, and now Kids in the Hall’s Bruce McCulloch. Let’s Start a Riot: How a Young Drunk Punk Became ... Read More »

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Cover to cover: Marijke Friesen on designing The Umbrella Mender

By Becky Robertson

Designer Marijke Friesen draws on medical images and landscape illustration to convey the sense of Christine Fischer Guy’s debut novel, The Umbrella Mender (Buckrider Books) 1. I was very excited to find this photograph. The ... Read More »

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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