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Project Bookmark picks The Jade Peony for first Vancouver plaque
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...
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Just a Larger Family receives Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence
Wilfrid Laurier University Press has received a Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for Just a Larger Family: Letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian Home Front, 1940–1944. The book was edited...
View ArticleHathiTrust ruling bodes well for Google Books, the beef against women...
Does the HathiTrust fair-use ruling suggest victory for Google Books Library Project? Slate tracks the “historical beef against women readers” Amazon notifies customers of potential ebook lawsuit...
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Richards, Thurston, Goyette win Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Awards
New Brunswick author David Adams Richards was the big winner at this year’s Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Awards, which were presented Oct. 12 at a ceremony in Halifax. Richards received the...
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IFOA’s International Visitors Programme: the schmooze factor
The 2011 cohort at Niagara Falls (Photo: IFOA) 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...
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Joseph Boyden’s new novel to examine Canada’s formative years
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...
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Alternative markets: why publishers are turning to zine fairs to woo new readers
Canzine, the country’s largest festival dedicated to zines and independent culture, happens this Sunday in Toronto (the Vancouver edition is scheduled for Nov. 17). Following the success of last year’s...
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Shelagh Rogers’ multimedia Northwords project brings city-dwelling authors...
Led by CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers, five urban Canadian authors spent a week writing and observing life in Northern Labrador. Northwords, a documentary that captures their experiences, is screening at...
View ArticleHarrowsmith’s Truly Canadian Almanac returns under new publisher
Harrowsmith’s Truly Canadian Almanac has returned under the direction of a new publisher, Toronto-based Moongate Publishing. Moongate, a communications company that specializes in custom content,...
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Wade Davis wins Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
Wade Davis with the Samuel Johnson Prize judging panel (Photo: Samuel Johnson Prize 2012) Wade Davis was awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for his book Into the Silence: The...
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