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Kids Can Press wins Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year, North America

Toronto-based children’s book publisher, Kids Can Press, has been named Children’s Publisher of the Year in North America at the annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair.The honour was awarded to Kids ...

Poetry Month Special! Poets Share Their Time-themed Favourites

April is Poetry Month, and we're excited to celebrate 30 days of poems, poets, and more at Open Book. To kick things off, we asked some of our own favourite poets to share a favourite poem that touches ...

A How-To Guide for Your Poetry Reading

There are a lot of poetry readings across Canada in April, National Poetry Month. I myself have a new book out, and therefore have a lot of poetry readings. All of which has gotten me thinking about poetry ...

Contest! Win a Poetry Month Prize Pack from House of Anansi

If you want your April showers to be showers of poetry, then you don't want to miss entering poetry powerhouse House of Anansi's book giveaway contest!We're very excited to kick off our celebration of ...

Happy National Poetry Month!

It’s April, so happy National Poetry Month. I’m honoured to be featured as Open Book’s Writers in Residence this month, and I’m looking forward to blogging about writing and books and publishing ...

At the Desk: Jennifer LoveGrove

We're excited to announce that Jennifer LoveGrove is our April 2017 writer-in-residence! April is Poetry Month and we're thrilled to have Jennifer here to share with us on all things writing, reading, ...

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Being a Writer #12: Jonathan Garfinkel

In 2012 I went to Banff for a self-directed residency in hopes I'd finally finish a significant re-draft of The Best Kind of People. I spent every day by myself in my room, taking breaks to walk in the ...

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Being a Writer #11: Andrew Westoll

Andrew Westoll is an award-winning writer and former primatologist, author of the bestselling memoir The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary. His new novel is The Jungle South of the Mountain. Andrew is a professor ...

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Being a Writer #10: Amy Jones

I was so happy to meet Amy Jones several years ago in Thunder Bay, and then again when our books were released in the same season, and we shared the stage at a few literary festivals. What is the one ...

André Alexis adds CBC Canada Reads Win to the Accolades for Fifteen Dogs

Canada Reads has wrapped for another year, with a tense final day coming to a close this morning at the CBC studios in Toronto. In a 4-1 vote, André Alexis' novel Fifteen Dogs (Coach House Books) ...