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Inaugural CFC/eOne TV Adaptation Lab to feature Angela Misri, Kat Sandler, Michael F. Stewart

The Canadian Film Centre and Entertainment One have named the Canadian writers participating in their inaugural TV Adaptation Lab, taking place May 31–August 31 in Toronto. Toronto-based author and former CBC journalist Angela Misri, playwright ... Read More »

June 6, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Awards: Larry Loyie’s book on residential schools wins Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award

By Becky Robertson

Larry Loyie's Residential Schools: With the Words and Images of Survivors, co-written with Constance Brissenden and Wayne K. Spear, has been awarded the 2016 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award. The non-fiction title reveals the ... Read More »

June 6, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Canadian Historical Association announces 2016 book award winners

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Historical Association announced the winners of its annual book prizes, recognizing and promoting excellence in historical research, at its annual meeting on May 31. Here are this year's recipients: Prix Hilda Neatby Book Prize ... Read More »

June 6, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Juan Felipe Herrera eulogizes Ali; BBC presenter “not pretty enough” for own book cover

By Becky Robertson

U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera composes a poem in memory of Muhammad Ali. (Los Angeles Review of Books) BBC presenter Kate Humble told by publisher she's "not pretty enough" to grace her own book ... Read More »

June 6, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Liz Howard becomes youngest poet to take home the Griffin Prize

By Sue Carter

Liz Howard achieved two firsts at last night's Griffin Poetry Prize ceremony, which took place in Toronto's historic Distillery District. The 30-year-old poet, who won the $65,000 Canadian award for her collection Infinite Citizen of ... Read More »

June 3, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Get your portrait done, Sweet Valley High style; Stan weighs in on Cap’s new Nazi friends; hardcovers are the new vinyl

By Conan Tobias

The Sweet Valley High cover artist is taking commissions. (Huffington Post) Shakespeare First Folio sells for $3.68 million (U.S.). (GalleyCat) How ready is the publishing industry for digital publishing? (Publishing Perspectives) Ebook revenue rebounds. (Good e-Reader) ... Read More »

June 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Writers’ Union of Canada launches #WhyWritersMatter campaign

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Union of Canada, in conjunction with the inaugural Canadian Writers' Summit, has launched a new campaign to stress the importance of writers to society. TWUC is encouraging all members of both the Canadian publishing industry and ... Read More »

June 2, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture, Digital publishing and technology, Events, Industry news

Awards: John Thistle wins 2016 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By Becky Robertson

Researcher John Thistle has been named winner of this year's Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for Resettling the Range: Animals, Ecologies, and Human Communities in British Columbia (UBC Press). The ... Read More »

June 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: theatrical adaptation of Munro stories debuts in Edinburgh; your writer friends are stealing your life

By Becky Robertson

Theatrical adaptation of Alice Munro stories The View from Castle Rock premieres at Edinburgh International Book Festival. (Edinburgh City of Literature) AP Stylebook lowercases "Internet." (TeleRead) Israel repeals controversial Law for the Protection of Literature and Writers. ... Read More »

June 2, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Do TV stars resemble Jane Austen characters?; J.K. can’t let go of Harry

By Becky Robertson

Do modern-day TV stars parallel Jane Austen characters? (The Atlantic) "Seemingly everything that happens today" was written about in one of Anthony Trollope's 47 novels. (Slate) Middle Eastern writers find refuge in dystopian fiction. (The New York Times) ... Read More »

June 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

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Inaugural CFC/eOne TV Adaptation Lab to feature Angela Misri, Kat Sandler, Michael F. Stewart

Awards: Larry Loyie’s book on residential schools wins Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award

Awards: Canadian Historical Association announces 2016 book award winners

Book Links: Juan Felipe Herrera eulogizes Ali; BBC presenter “not pretty enough” for own book cover

Liz Howard becomes youngest poet to take home the Griffin Prize

Book Links: Get your portrait done, Sweet Valley High style; Stan weighs in on Cap’s new Nazi friends; hardcovers are the new vinyl

Writers’ Union of Canada launches #WhyWritersMatter campaign

Awards: John Thistle wins 2016 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

Book Links: theatrical adaptation of Munro stories debuts in Edinburgh; your writer friends are stealing your life

Book Links: Do TV stars resemble Jane Austen characters?; J.K. can’t let go of Harry

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