Search Results by tag: Canadian culture

Federal government cuts annual cultural-funding survey

Statistics Canada has done away with its annual survey on government spending in arts and culture. The Culture Statistics Program, which tracks federal and provincial spending in libraries, literary arts, museums, theatre, and other cultural ... Read More »

July 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Publishing at the polls: Arts and culture platforms

By Sue Carter

Tonight is the first televised leadership debate of the federal election. It's unlikely arts and culture will be mentioned, so here's a primer on how all parties (including the Green Party) stand on issues that ... Read More »

April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Event photos: K.V. Johansen in Macedonia, Ian McEwan in Toronto, and Watch This Space at the Wychwood Barns

By Nathan Whitlock

Canadian YA fantasy writer K.V. Johansen was recently a guest of the 22nd International Book Fair held in Skopje, Macedonia. Over a period of three days, beginning April 12, Johansen launched the Macedonian translation of ... Read More »

April 29, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Michael Geist’s covert ties to Amazon

By Stuart Woods

[This post has been updated] The debate surrounding Amazon's planned Canadian expansion has produced many arguments both for (the editorial boards at The Globe and Mail and National Post) and against (the Canadian Booksellers Association, ... Read More »

March 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

By Alison Potstra

In the Sept. 12 edition of the Financial Times, British critic and novelist Victoria Glendinning, who sits on this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize jury (which announced its longlist yesterday), generously shared her thoughts on Canadian literature. Following ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

By Nathan Whitlock

Liberal party leader Stephane Dion met with a few Canadian writers last week at the Drake Hotel in Toronto and promised that a Liberal government would restore the $11.8-million in public diplomacy funding cut from ... Read More »

July 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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