Close to 3,000 fans piled into Toronto's Sony Centre Saturday night to witness the pop-culture phenomenon known as Lena Dunham, in town headlining the JFL42 comedy festival. (Little did anyone know that Dunham was planning ... Read More »
Kate Pullinger is the recipient of this year’s Anne Green Award, presented annually by Calgary’s Wordfest to artists “whose work explores and challenges the traditional form of story and narrative.” Pullinger receives the award for Landing ... Read More »
The Sunburst Award Society has announced the winners of this year's Copper Cylinder Awards, which recognize works of speculative fiction published in the previous year. Cory Doctorow is the winner of the Young Adult Award for Homeland (Tom ... Read More »
September 22, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Jim Deva, activist and co-owner of Vancouver's Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium, dead after accident in his home David Martin's "Tar Swan" wins CBC Poetry Prize British Lord, former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, finds ... Read More »
September 22, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
Last night, the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia revealed the winners of the annual East Coast Literary Awards. The awards, hosted this year at the Institute of Applied Creativity at NSCAD University, recognize and celebrate ... Read More »
September 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Jennifer McLagan’s Bitter (HarperCollins Canada) is not a cookbook: it’s a book with recipes. The James Beard Award winner has written the book on bitterness that, more than anything, is a well-researched, vigorously written, sharply ... Read More »
September 20, 2014 | Filed under: Authors
Hilary Mantel admits to dark thoughts about killing Margaret Thatcher The Fault In Our Stars anticipated to hit $300 million at the international box office this weekend Prince Charles, Michael Sheen, Sir Ian McKellen to ... Read More »
September 19, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
For Sunday's 25th-anniversary celebration, Word on the Street Toronto is planning a slew of new initiatives, including a beer garden and a climbing wall. One of the more intriguing additions is the Sculpting New Reads ... Read More »
September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Events
There is no end of Canadian-authored books about hockey this fall, from picture books to memoirs and biographies. ... Read More »
September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture
New Bill Cosby biography omits rape allegations Alison Bechdel wins the MacArthur Foundation's “genius grant” Meet Amazon, Hollywood's new "rising star" Buzzfeed gets into the print versus ebook debate Amazon's most expensive Kindle to date ... Read More »
September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book links
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