by Dory Cerny

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming April titles

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. Macbeth, Jo Nesbo (Knopf Canada) Circe, Madeline Miller (Little, Brown and Company, ... Read More »

March 19, 2018

B.C. budget good news for publishers

By Dory Cerny

There is some good news for publishers in the B.C. government's 2018 budget, announced on Feb. 20 by provincial finance minister Carol James. The first NDP budget since 2001 includes increased funding for the arts ... Read More »

February 22, 2018

Personnel change: Wattpad

By Dory Cerny

Effective immediately, Ashleigh Gardner has been promoted to the position of deputy general manager of publishing for Wattpad Studios. Gardner, who formerly held the title head of partnerships, has been with the multi-platform media company ... Read More »

February 21, 2018

Canadians Casey Plett, Kai Cheng Thom honoured by Stonewall Literature Awards

By Dory Cerny

Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, a speculative-fiction anthology published by Topside Press, has won the Barbara Gittings Literature Award. Co-edited by Canadian author Casey Plett and American poet Cat Fitzpatrick, the ... Read More »

February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced

By Dory Cerny

The shortlist for the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize has been announced by jury chair Janice Gross Stein. The five titles – selected by Stein (the Belzberg professor of conflict and global affairs at the University of ... Read More »

February 14, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Georgette LeBlanc named Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate

By Dory Cerny

Acadian poet Georgette LeBlanc has been named Canada's next parliamentary poet laureate, taking the reins from George Elliott Clarke, whose term ended Dec. 31. LeBlanc, who was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and grew up in Baie ... Read More »

February 13, 2018 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Kamal Al-Solaylee, Heather O’Neill among 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize jurors

By Dory Cerny

The five-member jury for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize have been announced, with Canadians Kamal Al-Solaylee, Heather O'Neill, and Maxine Bailey being joined by American author John Freeman and U.K. author Philip Hensher. Jury chair ... Read More »

February 12, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming March titles

By Dory Cerny

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. Let Me Lie, Clare Mackintosh (Berkley/PRHC) The Punishment She Deserves, Elizabeth George ... Read More »

February 12, 2018