$4 million injection of funds amounts to a “transformational gift” says Giller Foundation
This morning's announcement comes just two weeks after the Giller Foundation announced a pair of new initiatives.
Giller Foundation moves on with a pair of new initiatives
"One of the reasons I joined Book Clubs for Inmates is because I was so pleasantly surprised that Giller Prize winners and nominees were part of the basic makeup of a lot of the book clubs," says Tom Best, BCFI's executive director.
Too much is never enough: David Ellison’s debased idea of culture
What you shouldn't expect from an Ellison-run mega-studio is anything resembling serious, intelligent films for adults.
OBPO-operated literary site Open Book to shut down
"We're incredibly grateful for the support Open Book received from national, provincial, and municipal funders over nearly two decades," says Holly Kent, executive director at the OBPO.
An offer you can’t refuse: One of America’s leading film critics re-evaluates his beloved medium
It's not violence or morbid subject matter per se that bothers Thomson, but our collective response to this material.
“We want to leave the door open”: Hannah McGregor discusses the changes to the publishing program at SFU
"It's not like they say, 'You have to close.' They just give you a budget you could never possibly run a program on."
Ghosts in the machine: Cory Doctorow’s latest book is about the potential and pitfalls of AI
Doctorow is no Luddite or Cassandra when it comes to AI.
SFU publishing program “winding down”; publishing minor to move to School of Communication
The announcement is scant on details other than to suggest that moving the minor to the School of Communications is an "obvious fit."
After successful vote, Hachette Book Group now boasts the largest trade publishing union
The union will be part of the larger Washington-Baltimore News Guild.
L’etat, c’est lui: NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan take stock of the first year in Trump’s second presidency
Whether the volume will remain relevant once this hideous presidency finally comes to a close is anybody's guess.