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Susan Harada, Arno Kopecky, Siobhan Roberts to judge 2017 Hilary Weston prize

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that Susan Harada, Arno Kopecky, and Siobhan Roberts will serve as the three-person jury for this year's Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Harada teaches at Carleton University, ... Read More »

August 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: More Twilight and Hunger Games movies may be on the way; Trump’s awful spelling

By Becky Robertson

There may be more movies coming from the Twilight and Hunger Games franchises. (Teen Vogue) American Civil Liberties Union defends Milo Yiannopoulos's book. (HuffPost) The Trump administration's awful spelling a "systemic problem." (HuffPost) U.K. Booksellers Association protests Amazon's tax ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings, Aug. 14–20, 2017

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, AUGUST 14 Gillian Best: Launching the book The Last Wave. Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St., Toronto. 7 p.m. Free Kamal Al-Solaylee: Interview with the author. Never Apart, 7049 St. Urbain, Montreal. 7 p.m. ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Book Links: LeVar Burton is being sued over Reading Rainbow rights; Octavia Butler is coming to TV for the first time

By Becky Robertson

PBS sues LeVar Burton over his use of the Reading Rainbow brand. (HuffPost) Octavia Butler's work is being adapted for TV for the first time ever. (Flavorwire) ...and a look at Butler's unrealized plans for her Earthseed series. (Electric Lit) ... Read More »

August 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

CBC and Netflix renew Anne of Green Gables series for second season

By Becky Robertson

CBC-TV's adaptation of the CanLit classic Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery has been renewed for a second season. Production of Anne With an E, titled simply Anne in Canada, will commence this fall, for broadcast on the network and ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing

Frances Itani, Lee Maracle, David Chariandy headline Whistler Writers Fest 2017

By Becky Robertson

Whistler Writers Festival has announced the lineup for its 2017 event, taking place at various venues across the B.C. town from Oct. 12–15. This edition's theme is "risk-taking." Among the 60 participants confirmed so far are ... Read More »

August 8, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

U of T professor William Nelson wins £20,000 literary essay prize

By Becky Robertson

William Nelson, a professor in the history department at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, has been named recipient of the Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize, a biennial £20,000 U.K. prize for literary essays on any ... Read More »

August 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Children’s Book Links: Twitter is ruining YA; German children prefer books to YouTube

By Shanda Deziel

Jeanette Winter's picture book about the late, groundbreaking architect Zaha Hadid teaches kids to be independent thinkers. (Quartz) The story of Fiona, a premature baby hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, will be told in Saving ... Read More »

August 8, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Literary event listings, Aug. 7–13, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 Art Bar Reading Series: Hot Sexy Wicked theme. Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5. $5. artbar.org SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 Toronto Poetry Slam: Spoken word competition, featuring guest post Mugabi Byenyka from ... Read More »

August 8, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Ontario books-in-schools project funds publishers to create academic materials

By Becky Robertson

The government of Ontario has launched an initiative to get more Canadian literature into the province's schools as part of a culture strategy it released last July. The Canadian Books in Ontario Schools Fund, helmed by Tourism, Culture, ... Read More »

August 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Children's publishing

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