New home for Ontario Arts Council
The Ontario Arts Council is moving down the street, after 52 years at its current 151 Bloor St. W. location. Effective Jan. 4, the agency’s new address will be: 121 Bloor St. E., 7th Floor Toronto,...
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Q&A: Pedlar Press founder Beth Follett on her mission to become a “publisher...
It was a stunning CanLit upset last June when Kate Cayley’s debut story collection, How You Were Born, beat Margaret Atwood, Dionne Brand, and Thomas King, among others, for the $20,000 Ontario...
View ArticleIndigo reports strong Q3 results
On Feb. 2, Indigo Books & Music reported its ninth consecutive quarter of growth. The book and gift retailer saw revenue increase by 12.9 per cent during its Q3, ended Dec. 26, 2015. Revenue across...
View ArticleMohamed Fahmy memoir to be adapted for film
The Marriott Cell, journalist Mohamed Fahmy’s upcoming memoir of his 400-day imprisonment in Egypt’s Scorpion prison, will be developed into a feature film. Fahmy, an Al-Jazeera English bureau chief,...
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Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi issues poetry challenge to cities
Naheed Nenshi Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is challenging his counterparts across the country to open a council meeting in March or April with a reading by a poet. The annual Mayor’s Poetry City...
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Federal budget to double Canada Council investment and increase arts funding
Simon Brault The Liberal government has stayed true to its promise to increase support for the arts and culture sector with the release of its first budget. Overall funding will increase to $1.9...
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Chester Brown went to church to launch a new graphic novel reinterpreting the...
The Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields is a brick structure located to the east of Toronto’s Little Italy. The original architecture of its current building dates back to 1865, though various...
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Writers’ Union of Canada launches #WhyWritersMatter campaign
The Writers’ Union of Canada, in conjunction with the inaugural Canadian Writers’ Summit, has launched a new campaign to stress the importance of writers to society. TWUC is encouraging all members of...
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Glad Day Bookshop reveals new address
Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop has announced it will relocate to 499 Church Street in the Church-Wellesley Village, following news that the store was crowdsourcing to fund a move from the second-floor...
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New Anne of Green Gables series to stream on Netflix
CBC-TV’s forthcoming eight-part adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables has been picked up by Netflix for global streaming in 2017. Titled Anne‚ the series will update the novel’s...
View ArticleWriters’ Trust of Canada wins $25,000 in funding through RBC’s public vote
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has won $25,000 in funding thanks to the RBC Emerging Artists Project. RBC, which sponsors… Read More »
View ArticleSecond annual Reading Town Canada slated for Charlottetown and Calgary
The National Reading Campaign has announced that the second annual Reading Town Canada will be held in Charlottetown, P.E.I., in… Read More »
View ArticleDundurn Press founder Kirk Howard receives Janice E. Handford Award
The Ontario Book Publishers Association named Dundurn Press founder and president Kirk Howard the recipient of its Janice E. Handford… Read More »
View ArticleCanada Council announces new funding model for 2017
The Canada Council for the Arts today revealed the structure of its new funding model, which director and CEO Simon… Read More »
View ArticleWriters’ Trust launches writing fellowship for Canada’s sesquicentennial
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced a new fellowship that will award $150,000 to a trio of authors over… Read More »
View ArticleCanada named guest of honour at 2020 Frankfurt fair
Canada will be the guest of honour country at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair. Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly accepted the invitation… Read More »
View ArticleQ&A: Chef Derek Dammann and food journalist Chris Johns share insights into...
If you ask a group of culinary professionals to define “Canadian food,” chances are you’ll get as many different responses… Read More »
View ArticleOntario Arts Council launches new website and application system
The Ontario Arts Council has revealed a newly redesigned website and grant application system.
View ArticleYA author Norah McClintock has died
Young-adult mystery author Norah McClintock has died following a nine-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Fellow author and long-time friend Frieda… Read More »
View ArticleACP affirms commitment to “equity, diversity, tolerance, and inclusion”
The Association of Canadian Publishers has released a statement affirming the organization's commitment to "the principles of equity, diversity, tolerance, and inclusion."
View ArticleCoach House Books finds U.S. publicity support with Cursor Marketing Services
Coach House Books has teamed up with Cursor Marketing Services, a new boutique agency offering U.S. marketing and publicity support.
View ArticleFrances Itani, Lee Maracle, David Chariandy headline Whistler Writers Fest 2017
Whistler Writers Festival has announced the lineup for its 2017 event, taking place at various venues across the B.C. town from Oct. 12–15.
View ArticleNewfoundland nixes its tax on books
Newfoundland and Labrador finance minister Tom Osborne has announced that he is cutting the province's book tax amid a drastic review of its entire tax system
View ArticleCory Doctorow, Sylvain Neuvel tapped for Black Mirror books
Canadian authors Cory Doctorow and Sylvain Neuvel will join U.K. author Claire North in adapting the popular Black Mirror TV series into one of three story anthologies forthcoming from Penguin Random...
View ArticleCanada Council introduces translation initiative for Frankfurt 2020
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced a new three-year funding initiative to support the translation of Canadian literature into German, in conjunction with the 2020 edition of the Frankfurt...
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