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Linden MacIntyre announces retirement from CBC

Longtime CBC journalist Linden MacIntyre will retire from his role as host of the fifth estate, effective at the end of the summer. In early April, the CBC announced its decision to cut at least ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Putin bans cursing in books, Irvine Welsh writing Spring Breakers sequel, and more

By Sue Carter

Putin bans swearing in music, film, and books; Irvine Welsh thinks it's a fucking bad idea Irvine Welsh to write Spring Breakers film sequel How the Toronto Comics Arts Festival evolved to include video games ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

Beloved Canadian author Farley Mowat dead at 92

By Steven W. Beattie

Farley Mowat – nature lover, gadfly, and author of the Canadian classics Never Cry Wolf and Lost in the Barrens – has died at the age of 92. The iconic Canadian author of novels, memoirs, non-fiction books, and ... Read More »

May 7, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Graphica’s next wave: Michael Cho

By Laura Tretheway

When Michael Cho received an offer to work with one of the biggest comics publishers in the world, he initially turned it down. DC Comics – home to Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Green Lantern ... Read More »

May 7, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

eBay’s digital-publishing strategy, George R.R. Martin defends Game of Thrones sexual violence, and more

By Sue Carter

eBay plans to enter the digital-publishing business George R.R. Martin responds to sexual violence in Game of Thrones television series Book ... Read More »

May 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

2014 Canada Prize winners announced

By Julie Baldassi

The four winners of the 2014 Canada Prize for scholarly work will be honoured at a gala at York University’s Glendon College in Toronto tomorrow evening, with keynote remarks from jury member and Environics Research ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Peter Scowen outs himself as Globe & Mail’s “Caption Writing Person”

By Sue Carter

In 2011, when a Globe and Mail online gallery of hilariously captioned celebrity photos went viral (thanks to some well-placed Occupy Wall Street references), there was plenty of speculation as to the identity of its ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Graphica’s next wave: Nina Bunjevac

By Laura Tretheway

The comics of Nina Bunjevac don’t always look like conventional comics – in a good way. The Serbian-raised, Toronto-based artist came up through the fine art world, studying painting at the Ontario College of Art ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Graphica’s next wave: Julie Delporte

By Julie Baldassi

In a culture that often seems to favour hyper-clever, narcissistic realism, it is surprising to encounter an artist as straightforwardly sincere and genuinely unaffected as Julie Delporte. This lack of pretention can perhaps be attributed ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Michael DeForge and his wickedly weird comics

By Carla Gillis

When I meet Michael DeForge at a Toronto diner during a mid-March snowstorm, he is tired and a bit anxious. His publisher, Koyama Press, is expecting the sixth issue of his award-winning comics series, Lose, ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

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