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Awards: Marianne Dubuc and Susin Nielsen win Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Book Awards

Montreal author-illustrator Marianne Dubuc and Governor General's Literary Award–winning YA writer Susin Nielsen were presented with this year's Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards at a ceremony at Scarborough Village Alternative Public School in Toronto ... Read More »

June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Douglas Coupland searching for the head of Vincent Van Gogh

By Sue Carter

Author and artist Douglas Coupland has moved on from creating large-headed sculptures out of chewing gum to a new muse: redheads. To kick off what sounds like a potential new series, Coupland is looking for a ... Read More »

June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Awards: Kinew, Kovalyova, White win Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes

By Becky Robertson

Canadian-grown e-reading giant Rakuten Kobo honoured three new Canadian writers with its Emerging Writer Prize, presented in three categories, at a ceremony in Toronto on June 21. Each winner received a $10,000 purse along with ... Read More »

June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Quidditch gaining in popularity; Vancouver loves to read; a Tinder for IP

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver tops Amazon.ca's list of Canadian cities that love to read. (CBC Books) Real-life sport of Quidditch leaving its Harry Potter roots behind. (The Guardian) New Properties app is a Tinder for intellectual property. (The Hollywood Reporter) Chinese ... Read More »

June 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace coming to CBC and Netflix as a miniseries

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood's 1996 Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning historical novel Alias Grace (McClelland & Stewart), inspired by the true story of two servants convicted of the murders of their employer and his housekeeper, will be adapted for television ... Read More »

June 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: Ebook buyers to receive $400 million in refunds; Hong Kong bookseller on his kidnapping; Canadian reads for Pride

By Becky Robertson

Ebook readers to receive $400 million in reimbursements from Apple and publishers. (Consumer Affairs) Amazon revokes publishing rights of indie authors (The Active Voice) and drops ebook discovery affiliates. (The Digital Reader) Kidnapped Hong Kong ... Read More »

June 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Awards: Ryan O’Connor wins J.J. Talman Award

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based environmental historian Ryan O'Connor has won the 2015 J.J. Talman Award, administered by the Ontario Historical Society, for The First Green Wave: Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario (UBC Press). ... Read More »

June 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Rosemary Sullivan named first Canadian to win Plutarch Award for Biography

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based author Rosemary Sullivan is the first Canadian to win the American Plutarch Award for Biography, for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). Sullivan was selected from a list ... Read More »

June 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Heather O’Neill wins 2015 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

By Becky Robertson

Heather O'Neill has been named winner of the $10,000 Writers' Union of Canada's Danuta Gleed Literary Award, for a debut collection of English-language short fiction by a Canadian. The Montreal author was recognized for her ... Read More »

June 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Lorna Crozier wins big at League of Canadian Poets awards

By Becky Robertson

The League of Canadian Poets named the winners of its annual awards during the group's 50th anniversary celebrations, held at the Canadian Writers' Summit on June 18. For her collection The Wrong Cat (McClelland & ... Read More »

June 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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