by Sue Carter

Goose Lane reveals cover design process behind Kevin Donovan’s Ghomeshi book

Goose Lane Editions has torn the paper off its cover for Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation by Toronto Star reporter Kevin Donovan. Secret Life details Donovan’s investigation of Ghomeshi, including interviews with 17 women ... Read More »

August 31, 2016

From Alias Grace to Anne Shirley, the latest on 2017’s CanLit adaptations

By Sue Carter

As Toronto prepares to become a Hollywood playground this September thanks to TIFF, CanLit fans can also embrace that three new television adaptations will be going into production in and around the city this fall. ... Read More »

August 30, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Daily Deals: Coach House picks up Naben Ruthnum’s Curry essay

By Sue Carter

Coach House Books has acquired world rights to Naben Ruthnum's Curry: Eating, Reading and Race, a genre-bending essay about how one inauthentic dish is a fraught shorthand for identity in both literature and life. The ... Read More »

August 26, 2016

Book Links: The Luminaries is coming to BBC; Halifax poet laureate speaks out

By Sue Carter

BBC to adapt Eleanor Catton's award-sweeping novel, The Luminaries. (The Bookseller) The history of Cuban science fiction and its vision of the future. (The New Republic) Amazon to open 7,200-square-foot bookstore in Chicago. (Publishers Weekly) ... Read More »

August 26, 2016 | Filed under: Book links

Montreal’s Argo Bookshop is up for sale

By Sue Carter

Take note, those with a dream of running their own bookstore. Argo Bookshop, Montreal's oldest English-language book retailer, is for sale. According to a website post from current owner Meaghan Acosta, she is currently looking ... Read More »

August 25, 2016

Magenta Foundation, Division Gallery launch Toronto-based art-book fair

By Sue Carter

Toronto will be home to a new art-book fair this fall, the second of its kind to launch in the city this year. Edition Toronto is a partnership between the Magenta Foundation – a non-profit art-book ... Read More »

August 8, 2016

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming September titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program. The Spawning Grounds by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Knopf Canada) The Vanishing Year by Kate Moretti (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) ... Read More »

August 4, 2016

Personal essay: Kat Kruger on the true romance of an AirBnB bookshop holiday

By Sue Carter

Many book lovers, myself included, dream of running a bookstore. Add into the mix a quaint village in Scotland over the Christmas holidays in the aftermath of a failed long-term marriage and you have the ... Read More »

August 2, 2016

Fall Preview 2016: Non-fiction

By Sue Carter

150 ways to celebrate your country Expect a canoe-load of books celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial in 2017, including one from comedian and Leafs super-fan Mike Myers. Here are a few more early entries coming this fall: ... Read More »

July 25, 2016

Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming August titles

By Sue Carter

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program. By Gaslight by Steven Price (McClelland & Stewart) The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine (Atria Books/Simon ... Read More »

July 14, 2016

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