Search Results by tag: HarperCollins Canada

Video: Emma Donoghue’s The Lotterys Plus One trailer

HarperCollins Canada is marking the publication of The Lotterys Plus One, Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue's first children's book, with a stylin' book trailer (featuring art by Lotterys illustrator Caroline Hadilaksono), and Quill & Quire gets ... Read More »

March 28, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Q&A: Kidlit author Eric Wilson on the 40th anniversary of his literary debut

By Dory Cerny

To celebrate this month's 40th anniversary of the publication of Eric Wilson’s first middle-grade novel, Murder on the Canadian, HarperCollins Canada has reissued the title, complete with a snazzy new cover. The mystery was the ... Read More »

May 18, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

David Kent named 2015 Ivy Award winner

By Becky Robertson

The International Visitors Programme – which offers cultural exchange between Canadian and foreign publishing professionals – has announced David Kent as the winner of its annual Ivy Award for his substantial contribution to the Canadian ... Read More »

October 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

HarperCollins/UBC fiction prize shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

HarperCollins Canada, the Cooke Agency, and the University of British Columbia have announced the shortlist of the annual HarperCollins Publishers/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction: Between the Wind and Us by Iranian-Canadian writer Nazanine Hozar, ... Read More »

September 28, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

David Kent, domestic publishing, and the problem of distribution: why yesterday’s HarperCollins news matters

By Steven W. Beattie

There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about yesterday's news that HarperCollins Canada is embarking on a restructuring that will see the elimination of more than 100 jobs. The most high-profile of those job ... Read More »

November 5, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

HarperCollins Canada/UBC’s Best New Fiction shortlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

HarperCollins Canada has announced the shortlist for the second annual HarperCollins Canada/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, a prize for unpublished manuscripts by students and graduates of the University of British Columbia's creative-writing program. Winners ... Read More »

September 30, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Jane Urquhart story collection to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary

By Emma Renda

This morning, HarperCollins Canada announced the forthcoming publication of a collection of short stories by iconic Canadian author Jane Urquhart commemorating Canada's 150th anniversary. The book will be a series of narratives about 100 artifacts ... Read More »

January 15, 2014 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Karim Alrawi wins inaugural Prize for Best New Fiction

By Julie Baldassi

Playwright, author, journalist, and human rights activist Karim Alrawi has won the inaugural Prize for Best New Fiction presented by HarperCollins Canada and The Cooke Agency in partnership with the University of British Columbia's creative-writing ... Read More »

November 12, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

HarperCollins Canada signs Jamie Oliver to four-book deal

By Sue Carter

HarperCollins Canada has signed U.K. chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver to a four-book deal. Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less and Jamie's 15-Minute Meals (published last year in the U.K.) will ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Deals

Olivia Chow memoir due out early next year

By Julie Baldassi

Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow announced Wednesday morning that she is set to pen a memoir, which will be published by HarperCollins Canada. The book will chronicle her life as a young Hong Kong transplant in ... Read More »

May 1, 2013 | Filed under: Deals, Industry news

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