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Arthur Ellis Awards announced

At a gala dinner last evening, Giles Blunt was presented with the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis award for best novel for Until the Night (Random House Canada), beating out fellow crime fiction heavyweight ... Read More »

May 31, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Former Groundwood publisher Patricia Aldana announces collaboration with Chinese children’s publisher

By Steven W. Beattie

Patricia Aldana, founder and former publisher of Groundwood Books, has entered into a collaboration with China Children's Press and Publications Group (CCPPG) to spearhead a new imprint, which will publish international children's books in China ... Read More »

May 31, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news, People

Tamas Dobozy lands on Frank O’Connor Prize shortlist

By Steven W. Beattie

The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award announced its 2013 shortlist today, and one of the six spots goes to Ontario author Tamas Dobozy for his 2012 collection Siege 13 (Thomas Allen Publishers). Ten Canadian ... Read More »

May 31, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Trillium Book Award finalists announced

By Julie Baldassi

The Trillium Book Award shortlists have been released for English- and French-language books, English-language poetry and French-language children's literature. English finalists: Tamara Faith Berger, Maidenhead (Coach House Books) Steven Heighton, The Dead Are More Visible ... Read More »

May 30, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

HarperCollins launches ebook sharing system, ebooks removed from Barnes & Noble U.K. website, and more

By Maria Siassina

HarperCollins launches eInsider program Erotic ebooks disappear from Barnes & Noble U.K. website MeeGenius! app expands with new Random ... Read More »

May 30, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Simon & Schuster cleared to publish in Canada: Updated

By Steven W. Beattie

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Department of Canadian Heritage has given the all-clear for multinational publisher Simon & Schuster to begin a Canadian publishing program out of its Toronto office. The ability ... Read More »

May 29, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Biblioasis author Mia Couto wins â‚¬100,000 CamÃµes Prize for Literature

By Julie Baldassi

The â‚¬100,000 CamÃµes Prize for Literature was awarded to the former Mozambican revolutionary and prolific Lusophone writer Mia Couto in Rio de Janeiro Monday night. The prize, awarded annually by the Portuguese FundaÃ§Ã£o Biblioteca Nacional ... Read More »

May 29, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Kobo grows while Indigo lags behind, Apple rejects DoJ settlement, and more

By Maria Siassina

Kobo reports 98 per cent growth, while Indigo loses $8.2 million in latest quarter Apple says they rejected DoJ settlement in ebook case David Sedaris is dedicated to his fans in Toronto Macmillan U.S. to ... Read More »

May 29, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats named National Business Book Award winner

By Steven W. Beattie

Alberta-born, New York City“based journalist Chrystia Freeland has won the 2013 National Business Book Award for her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada). The ... Read More »

May 28, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

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