Search Results by tag: Penguin Canada

Penguin Canada to publish “definitive” Gordon Lightfoot biography by Nicholas Jennings

Penguin Canada has announced it will publish Lightfoot, the "definitive" biography of iconic Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, written by Toronto music journalist Nicholas Jennings. The former Maclean's music critic had "unprecedented access" to Lightfoot for nearly ... Read More »

May 9, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Spaces: Size matters at the Penguin Shop

By Conan Tobias

Arguably, no publisher in the world has the iconic cachet of Penguin, the legendary British house founded by Sir Allen Lane in 1935. Lane’s goal was to produce affordable mass-market paperbacks that were of higher ... Read More »

September 7, 2016 | Filed under: Bookselling

Wab Kinew lands two-book deal with Penguin Canada

By Julie Baldassi

Penguin Canada has acquired two titles by Wab Kinew, the Aboriginal musician, director of indigenous inclusion at the University of Winnipeg, and Adrienne Clarkson RTDNA Award–winning journalist who also successfully defended Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda ... Read More »

June 19, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

A.S.A. Harrison’s The Silent Wife a bittersweet success for Penguin Canada

By Sue Carter

In the six months following the death of A.S.A. Harrison last April, the Toronto author and artist's posthumous debut novel, The Silent Wife, has become a bittersweet success story for its publisher, Penguin Canada. Since its ... Read More »

October 7, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Penguin Canada to publish Khaled Hosseini’s new novel

By Sue Carter

It's not all talk of mergers and mega-publishers over at Penguin Canada, which just announced it will publish a new novel by Khaled Hosseini, the U.S.-Afghan author of the bestseller The Kite Runner. And the ... Read More »

October 29, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Joseph Boyden’s new novel to examine Canada’s formative years

By Safa Jinje

Joseph Boyden's writing interweaves the multifarious spirit of Canadian experiences by drawing upon a wealth of northern narratives. His first novel, Three Day Road (Penguin Canada), examines the trauma of the First World War through ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Deals

IFOA’s International Visitors Programme: the schmooze factor

By Cheri Hanson

Less than 24 hours into a September business trip to New York City, three people had already asked Iris Tupholme the same question: how could they land an invitation to the International Visitors (IV) Programme? ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Deals, Events

BookNet bestsellers: cookbooks

By Sue Carter

Chef Michael Smith, who has this week's best-selling cookbook, is a relative newcomer compared to Jean Paré, whose classic Company's Coming series appears on the list five times. For the two weeks ending Sept. 30: ... Read More »

October 9, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Photos: Jian Ghomeshi parties like it’s 1982

By Sue Carter

On Sept. 18, a packed room of celebrities, politicians, and fellow CBC personalities danced like shoulder pads were still in style at the launch of Jian Ghomeshi's coming-of-age memoir, 1982 (Penguin Canada), held at The ... Read More »

September 21, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Q&A: Emily Pohl-Weary debuts new Toronto reading series

By Sue Carter

This morning, author Emily Pohl-Weary sent off a draft of her new manuscript, a YA novel titled Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl (to be published by Penguin Canada imprint Razorbill in 2013), just in time ... Read More »

September 6, 2012 | Filed under: Events

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