May 29, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing
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Renowned children's author and illustrator Barbara Reid – best known for her many Plasticine-art picture books – will have a new Stouffville, Ontario, elementary school named after her later this year. The public school's new name was selected from ... Read More »
Author and fitness maven Tosca Reno will take over as publisher and chief executive officer at Robert Kennedy Publishing in Mississauga, Ontario. Robert Kennedy, who founded RKP in 1967 with the launch of MuscleMag International, ... Read More »
April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
John Grisham recalls his $6 million mistake Eat the world's first edible cookbook Novelist Alison Pick chats with musician Jim Bryson ... Read More »
April 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Tonight is the first televised leadership debate of the federal election. It's unlikely arts and culture will be mentioned, so here's a primer on how all parties (including the Green Party) stand on issues that ... Read More »
April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news
It's National Poetry Month here in Canada, an annual initiative by the League of Canadian Poets to bring public attention to poetry. But across the Atlantic, the beginning of April more closely resembles T.S. Eliot's ... Read More »
April 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Parents and educators spend a lot of time, and spill a lot of ink, debating how to get teenagers interested in reading. Anyone who stops to think about the phenomenal success of Stephenie Meyers' Twilight ... Read More »
Canadian literary benefactor Scott Griffin is taking his passion for poetry “ in particular, the live recitation of poetry “ into schools across Canada with a new bilingual recitation contest that will award $10,000 to ... Read More »
Today's book news: Oprah prepares to announce new book club pick, and it's not Freedom Scholastic Book Club takes new marketing approach Dalton McGuinty makes vague reference to helping Ontario schools cover cost of textbooks ... Read More »
September 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
A smattering of links for you: Andrew Wylie launches imprint to sell digital books by Roth, Amis, Pamuk, and others directly through Amazon Gulf of Mexico oil spill creates publishing cottage industry Kim McArthur schools ... Read More »
July 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »
September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news