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Wade Davis wins Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

Wade Davis was awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for his book Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest (Vintage Canada) at an award ceremony in London, U.K., last ... Read More »

November 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Project Bookmark picks The Jade Peony for first Vancouver plaque

By Sue Carter

Project Bookmark Canada has announced its first Western plaques will be dedicated to Wayson Choy's 1995 debut novel, The Jade Peony (Douglas & McIntyre). The English- and Mandarin-language bookmarks will be placed at the intersection ... Read More »

October 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Burt Award recognizes YA lit by First Nations, Metis, and Inuit authors

By Sue Carter

Canadian literary organization CODE has announced a new award for works of YA fiction by native authors in Canada. Established in collaboration with philanthropist William Burt and the Literary Prizes Foundation, the Burt Award for ... Read More »

September 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Q&A: talking swimming and the Olympics with author Leanne Shapton

By Sue Carter

As a youth, Toronto-born author and illustrator Leanne Shapton was a dedicated competitive swimmer, at one time ranking eighth in Canada. She competed in two Olympic trials (1988, 1992), but narrowly missed qualifying. In her ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Wattpad teams up with Margaret Atwood to launch Atty Awards for international poetry

By Natalie Samson

Wattpad, a Toronto-based online community for international writers and readers, has put out a call for submissions for its first ever Atty Awards recognizing work by undiscovered poets. Winning entries will be selected by Margaret ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology

CLA awards recognize Kit Pearson, Catherine Austen, and Matthew Forsythe

By Natalie Samson

The Canadian Library Association named the winners of its annual book awards Monday morning. Kit Pearson's The Whole Truth (HarperCollins Canada), which touches on the Depression era, family drama, and forgiveness, has been selected as ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

David Bergen shortlisted for IMPAC Dublin

By Stuart Woods

David Bergen is the sole Canadian nominated for this year's IMPAC Dublin Award, at â‚¬100,00 the world's richest prize for an English-language work of fiction. The Winnipeg author was shortlisted for his novel The Matter ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Wilfrid Laurier, Toronto, McGill-Queen’s university presses recognized at Canada Awards

By Natalie Samson

Authors published with Wilfrid Laurier University Press, University of Toronto Press, and McGill-Queen's University Press are among the recipients of the 2012 Canada Awards. The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences presented the ... Read More »

April 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Book links roundup: Canada’s best-selling graphic novels, Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for Hachette, new Vonnegut e-single; and more

By Natalie Samson

Sequential lists 30 best-selling Canadian comics and graphic novels Evan Schnittman leaves Bloomsbury for executive post at Hachette Does capitalism trounce freedom of expression at the London Book Fair? Unpublished Kurt Vonnegut novella, Basic Training, ... Read More »

March 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Author to spend six days in bookstore window

By Natalie Samson

Isabel Losada has just wrapped another day sitting in the window of a Parisian bookstore. That's four down and two to go for the U.K. author, who's in town to promote the release of the ... Read More »

March 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Bookselling

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