Search Results by tag: Montreal

Book Making: Talonbooks revisits 1967 Montreal imagery for its reissue of Tremblay’s Notebook series

Michel Tremblay’s Notebook trilogy, published between 2006 and 2009 by Talonbooks, is ripe for a sesquicentennial reissue. “We were thinking which of our backlist titles we should convert to ebooks,” says Chloë Filson, Talonbooks’s production ... Read More »

March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Montreal’s Babar en Ville kids’ bookstore to close at end of month

By Sue Carter

Downtown Montreal kids' bookstore Babar en Ville is shutting down at the end of September, a month before its 10th anniversary. According to a post on the shop's Facebook page, the Westmount location is closing ... Read More »

September 1, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling, Children's publishing

Q&A: Pow Pow Press editor Luc Bossé on translating comics and successful crowdfunding

By Rachel Richey

In November, Montreal French-language comics publisher Pow Pow Press initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the translation of its books to English. The crowdfunding campaign was a success, and the resulting first four titles will ... Read More »

May 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Pierre Pratt wins 2015 IBBY Canada Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Prolific Montreal author-illustrator Pierre Pratt has been named the winner of IBBY Canada's Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for his art in Stop, Thief! (Kids Can Press), written by Heather Tekavec. The $1,000 prize ... Read More »

April 20, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Q&A: Montreal’s Queer Between the Covers

By Sue Carter

Now in its sixth year, Montreal's Queer Between the Covers book fair puts the spotlight on queer publishers, zine distros, independent bookstores, artists, and authors. Co-organizer Kat Bradley spoke to Q&Q about the event, which ... Read More »

August 15, 2013 | Filed under: Events

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