Tag Archives: Canada

Knopf announces three new releases in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle

Knopf is publishing the Inheritance Deluxe Edition with never-before-seen artwork by Christopher Paolini, as well as the Inheritance paperback and series boxed set on October 23…

Gollancz acquires Hunger Games parody

Gollancz is publishing an electronic and a hardcover edition of John Bailey Owen and Aaron Geary’s self-published parody The Hunger But Mainly Death Games

WFC 2012 issues first progress report

The 2012 World Fantasy Convention, in Toronto, Ontario, has issued the first progress report…

ChiZine signs distribution deal with HarperCollinsCanada

Specialty Canadian publisher ChiZine Publications is now being distributed by HarperCollinsCanada…

Lewis Dartnell sells book providing survivors of the apocalypse what they’ll need to know

Lewis Dartnell’s Aftermath will provide survivors of the end of the world with the science they’ll need in order to start rebuilding…

Tesseracts Sixteen now open for submissions

Tesseracts Sixteen: Parnassus Unbound will be edited by Mark Leslie, and is now open for submissions from Canadian writers…

Actor/director John Neville Dies

British-born Canadian actor and stage director John Neville (1925-2011) starred in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and had a recurring role in The X-Files

Quill and Quire names top sf books of 2011

Quill and Quire‘s top sf titles of the year in Canada are the third of an adult trilogy and the first of a YA trilogy…

Arctic monsters creep south for Halloween

Inuit-owned publisher launches first-ever Canadian Monsters promotion…

RHCB to publish epic fantasy debut—Eragon meets Game of Thrones

Rachel Hartman sold two books to Random House Children’s Books. The first, Seraphina, is a fantasy novel debuting in Spring 2012…

Renovation issues Progress Report #4

The fourth pre-convention progress report for this year’s WorldCon includes the final Hugo and site-selection ballots, articles on the program and on the host city of Reno, and more…

All ChiZine Publications books available through GoodReads

Collectible edition publisher ChiZine Publications, as part of its efforts to expand its audience, has made all of their books available as eBooks via GoodReads…

SF Canada to add cash prizes to the Aurora and Aurora-Boreal Awards

Canada’s professional science fiction writers’ association will henceforth be funding $500 prizes to accompany thej Aurora and Aurora-Boreal Awards for best sf novels in English and French…

Writers and Illustrators of the Future prizes awarded

The 26th Writers of the Future and 21st Illustrators of the Future grand prize winners were named: Laurie Tom and Seth J. Rowanwood…

Character Actor Maury Chaykin Dies

Character actor Maury Chaykin (1949-2010) had memorable roles in Dances with Wolves, My Cousin Vinny, and Entourage, and guest roles in…