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• Check out this all-star line up! The Darwin's Bastards List of Contributors selected and edited by Zsuzsi Gartner Jay Brown’s fiction and non-fiction have appeared in many publications across Canada, including Vancouver Review, This Magazine, The Globe & Mail, and Grain, among others ... more >>
• Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser to publish a behind-the-scenes look at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalist and Canadian hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser will continue to capture the country’s attention with the publication of her forthcoming book, Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World’s Greatest Sports Event ... more >>
• Debut novel ist Ian Weir ’s star is on the rise Two weeks after Ian Weir’s first award nomination from the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Daniel O’Thunder is in the limelight again as a finalist for the Amazon ... more >>
• Araxi and Blue Water Cafe Seafood Cookbook take home winning prizes at the Cordon d’Or Gold Ribbon International Cookbook Award Douglas & McIntyre is thrilled to announce that two of their recently published cookbooks have won in the Cordon d’Or Gold Ribbon International Cookbook Awards ... more >>
• Commonweal th Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award nominates Ian Weir’s debut novel Daniel O’Thunder D&M Publishers is thrilled to announce that Ian Weir’s debut novel Daniel O’Thunder has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award in the Canada & the Caribbean category ... more >>
• Dany Laferrière Speaks about the Earthquake Haiti Haitian-born, Montreal-based writer Dany Laferrière happened to be in Haiti a few weeks ago when the devastating earthquake struck, killing thousands and leaving many more injured, homeless and orphans ... more >>
• D&M EXTRAS: Wayson Choy and The Jade Peony Jen Sookfong Lee talks about the not-so-simple reason she loves The Jade Peony If I could say one thing about The Jade Peony, it would be simply this: it is a beautiful novel ... more >>
• A vital creative force sustained artist Paul Quarrington until his death at age 56 Paul Quarrington, author, musician and screenwriter, died early this morning following a battle with lung cancer ... more >>
• Daniel O'Thunder Chosen as the Inaugural National Post Afterword Reading Society Book! This one was sure to knock out the competition. Ian Weir's debut novel about a prize-fighting evangelist has just been selected to be the inaugural National Post Afterword Book Club book ... more >>
• Deirdre Kelly at the Ben McNally Travelers Series in Toronto Spend a dreary February day basking in the beauty of Paris. Join author Deirdre Kelly at the Harbourfront Centre as she reads from her new travelogue Paris Times Eight ... more >>