Search Results by tag: CBC

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

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

Watch the new trailer for the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace

By Becky Robertson

The trailer for the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace has arrived. The six-hour series, which premieres in Canada on CBC Sept. 25 and will be subsequently streamed globally on Netflix, is adapted ... Read More »

July 19, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Stuart McLean, longtime CBC Radio personality and bestselling author, has died

By Sue Carter

Stuart McLean, host of the popular CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe, has died at age 68. The news comes months after McLean announced in December 2016 he was suspending the show to concentrate on ... Read More »

February 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

CBC announces Canada Reads finalists, panellists, and host

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books has revealed the finalists for this year's instalment of Canada Reads, an annual competition during which five public personalities each defend a Canadian book from the previous year, with the aim to prove ... Read More »

January 31, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

From Alias Grace to Anne Shirley, the latest on 2017’s CanLit adaptations

By Sue Carter

As Toronto prepares to become a Hollywood playground this September thanks to TIFF, CanLit fans can also embrace that three new television adaptations will be going into production in and around the city this fall. ... Read More »

August 30, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

CBC announces 2016 Creative Non-fiction Prize jury

By Becky Robertson

CBC has announced the judging panel for this year's Creative Non-fiction Prize: Writers' Union of Canada chair and writer Brian Brett‚ Governor General's Literary Award–winning author Diane Schoemperlen‚ and novelist Drew Hayden Taylor. The award ... Read More »

August 25, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

New Anne of Green Gables series to stream on Netflix

By Becky Robertson

CBC-TV's forthcoming eight-part adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables has been picked up by Netflix for global streaming in 2017. Titled Anne‚ the series will update the novel's story to focus on contemporary issues ... Read More »

August 24, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Deals, Industry news

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

By Becky Robertson

Toronto- and Montreal-based author and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald – who is currently serving as Concordia University's inaugural Mordecai Richler writer-in-residence – will see her debut 1996 novel Fall on Your Knees adapted into a four-part CBC ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Mark Wagenaar wins 2015 CBC Poetry Prize

By Becky Robertson

Ontario-born, Texas-based poet Mark Wagenaar has been named winner of this year's CBC Poetry Prize for his piece, "String Theory." Writers Shane Book, Karen Solie, and Fred Wah judged the award, saying in a press ... Read More »

November 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

CBC reveals Canada Reads 2015 longlist

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books has announced the longlist for the 14th annual Canada Reads competition. This year's edition, hosted by journalist Wab Kinew, intends to recognize "one book to break barriers." Members of an as yet anonymous ... Read More »

January 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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