About Canada Reads Canada Reads celebrates five Canadian books for three months online, at public events and on air. It all leads up to a week-long show hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. The half-hour debates will air on CBC Radio One from March 8 to March 12, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. [...]
Winners of 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards announced by the Canada Council for the Arts Montreal, November 17, 2009 – The names of winners of the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced today by the Canada Council for the Arts. The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and translators [...]
Linden MacIntyre Wins the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize – Canada’s Premier Prize for Fiction Names a Winner – Toronto, ON (November 10, 2009) – Linden MacIntyre has been named the 2009 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop’s Man, published by Random House Canada. The announcement was made live on Bravo! [...]
Adult Titles 1. Had a Glass 2010: Top 100 Wines for 2010 under $20, $25, and $30 James Nevison & Kenji Hodgson 9781552859995 Whitecap Books Kenji Hodgson and James Nevison are back with the fifth anniversary edition of everybody’s favorite wine guide. For Had a Glass 2010, the Wine Guys combed the shelves to bring [...]
Adult Titles 1. Had a Glass 2010: Top 100 Wines for 2010 under $20, $25, and $30 James Nevison & Kenji Hodgson 9781552859995 Whitecap Books Kenji Hodgson and James Nevison are back with the fifth anniversary edition of everybody’s favorite wine guide. For Had a Glass 2010, the Wine Guys combed the shelves to bring [...]
Adult Titles 1. The Expanded Reilly Method Mike McCardell 9781550175004 Harbour Publishing In his 2008 book, Getting to the Bubble, McCardell described meeting the inspirational figure behind the Method, an autistic nine-year-old named Reilly, who had a sensationally runny nose and was perfectly convinced he could catch a fish in a polluted urban pond with [...]