Literary Prizes, Presidential Memoirs, and New Tolkien: This Week in Book News
Hello and happy Friday everyone! We here at KWL have had a pretty busy week and are definitely looking forward to a nice, relaxing weekend. Even…
The Giller Prize Winner, Blue Ivy Narration, and a Brad and Oprah Team Up: This Week in Book News
It is Friday the 13th in 2020! What could possibly go wrong?! I kid, I kid, it’s just a normal Friday in a rather unusual year……
Supporting Indie Bookstores, DK Fiction, and Adapting Stephen King: This Week in Book News
Well, the longest week of the longest year has finally come to an end. I saw a tweet this week that read, “From the year that…
Fiction & Social Cognition, Funny Boy at the Oscars, and Author’s Spookiest Characters: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday and Happy almost Halloween! We hope everyone is able to enjoy some safe, spooky scary times this weekend (other than just being alive in…
A NaNoWriMo Takeover, An Imprint Closure, and Tegan and Sara Return to High School (again): This Week in Book News
Hello writers, and happy Friday! The roundup this week is on the shorter side – which is probably for the best since I could definitely use…
Frankfurt, Time Magazine’s Best Fantasy, and Ranking Mr. Darcy: This Week in Book News
Hello and happy Friday everyone! We hope all our Canadian writers had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend last week, hopefully with an excess of pie (pumpkin is…
Genius Grants, Literary Prize Shortlists, and Unpublished Raymond Chandler: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday everyone, and to all the Canadian KWLers, Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you’re able to spend time with your loved ones this weekend, whether it’s…
New Imprints, Booker Prize Rescheduled, and Banned Book Week: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday everyone! Now that we’ve hit October it means spooky season has officially begun! While I am a self-admitted wimp when it comes to most…
Macmillian Salary Increase, A Judith Butler Response, and Literary Zoom Meetings: This Week in Book News
Hello and happy first official Friday of fall! I know, I know, I claimed it was fall a few weeks ago while I was enjoying the…
A MacMillan Departure, The Booker Shortlist, and a Presidential Memoir: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, everyone! We hope you’re having a good week, are staying healthy, and are staying safe. It’s definitely starting to get chillier here in Toronto……
The Giller Shortlist, Pros and Cons of Virtual Events, and the Rise of Political Memoirs: This Week in Book News
Hello and happy first Friday of the fall, everyone!. I know, I know, *technically* summer doesn’t end for another ten days, but the kids are back…
Printing Capacity, Independent Bookstore Day, and Writing About 2020: This Week in Book News
Happy last Friday of August, everyone! It’s wild to me that we’re almost in September and summer is coming to an end. Where does the time…
A KWL AMA, New Dr. Seuss, and 5000 Vintage Cookbooks: This Week in Book News
Hello and happy Friday everyone! It’s been a pretty slow week in publishing news, which is pretty par for the course in the late summer as…
Defamation by a Fictional Character, A Raptors 905 Reading Group, and a Huge Fall 2020: This Week in Book News
Good afternoon and happy Friday, everyone! Another week has just flown by, making me worry about how quickly winter and it’s accompanying cold is approaching. I’m…
Not the Booker Prize, The Hugo Awards, and Meme Linguistics: This Week in Book News
Another week has come and gone, and I hope everyone is still hanging in there as 2020 continues to 2020. We’re kicking off the roundup this…
The Booker Prize Longlist, Mariko Tamaki’s Imprint, and a Keanu Reeves Comic Book: This Week in Book News
Hello everyone, and happy Friday! Although, to be perfectly honest, I’m writing this on Thursday as we have a long weekend here at Kobo, so if…
Canada Reads, a Bestseller Controversy, and a Bromance Book Club: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you’re continuing to stay safe, healthy, and cool during this hot and humid July (if you’re located somewhere that is not…
A Big Week for Kobo, Big Changes in Publishing Leadership, and the Future of Conservative Imprints: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday everyone! It has been a very busy week here at Kobo. In case you missed it, we had two big launches this week! We…
Musical Memoirs, Camp Penguin, and an Ode to Claudia Kishi: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday everyone, and a belated Happy Canada Day/Fourth of July. I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and if you’re experiencing a heat wave like…
Kobo Emerging Writers Prize Winners, Bookselling During Phase Two, and New (Very Old) Louisa May Alcott: This Week in Book News
Good afternoon and Happy Friday everyone! The speed at which time is flying by is really out of control. Was I not just saying I couldn’t…
A Kobo Original, Larry Kramer, and Omegaverse Copyright: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, everyone! Can you believe June is almost here? It seems like just yesterday I was saying the exact same thing about May. Time really…
The Vivian Awards, Canadian Publishing in a Post-Pandemic World, and Silent Virtual Reading Clubs: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, everyone! To those who celebrated a long weekend last week, I hope you had a wonderful break, and to those who are heading into…
A Long Weekend, Remembering Carolyn Reidy, and New Adaptations: This Week in Book News
It’s Victoria Day Weekend here in Canada (or May 2-4 if you will), so heading into the long weekend means our news roundup is coming at…
The Return of Edward Cullen, Apple Books on PC, and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, everyone! This week saw a big book announcement and some huge news for indie authors; it was also a week that included Star Wars…
Fundraising, New Simone De Beauvoir, and Celebrity Bookshelves: This Week in Book News
I can’t believe May is already here! It seems like April just flew by. Although I think we can all agree that during social isolation, time…
Earth Day Reading, an Amazon Donation, and Celebrities Read Dr. Seuss: This Week in Book News
Another week of social distancing has come and gone. This week included the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and since we can’t celebrate by planting trees…
Indie Bookstores, A Game Show Memoir, and Social Distancing Haikus: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, everybody! This week has just flown by. I guess that’s the advantage of holiday Mondays, right? Kobo hit a huge milestone this weekend –…
A Long Weekend Means an Early Roundup! This Week in Book News
Happy Friday Thursday! We here at KWL are lucky enough to be heading into a four day weekend, and while an extra long weekend without being…
Powell’s Rehires, More Harry Potter, and Some Celebrity Reading Livestreams: This Week in Book News.
Another week of social distancing and it’s starting to feel a bit more normal. As normal as staying in my small, Toronto apartment full time can…
Authors Helping Authors, Virtual Book Festivals, and Some Things to Keep You Busy During Social Distancing
Another week of adjusting to our new normal is in the books, and I hope everyone is still doing okay. Here at KWL we’ve settled into…
Adjusting to Social Distancing and Finding Silver Linings: This Week in Book News
Hi KWL Community, This week has been a tough one, and we hope you’re doing okay. As we all adjust to social distancing and what that…
More Coronavirus Cancellations, Inspiring Teen Writers, and a Love Letter to an Appliance: This Week in Book News
I think I speak for everyone when I say this week has been A Lot. Living in the era of the never-ending news cycle can be…
LBF is Cancelled, Simon and Schuster is for Sale, A Walkout at HBG: This Week in Book News
It has been a big week for book news as the effects of the Coronavirus continue to hit the publishing industry. There were also some big…
Comic Book Rumors, Children’s Book Scams, and some Wonderful Book-themed Essays: This Week in Book News
Happy Friday, y’all! I hope you don’t mind, but instead of sharing strictly news this week I’ve also included some book-related articles I absolutely loved; you…
The Impact of Climate Change on Publishing, A Margaret Atwood Ballet, and I Read Canadian: This Week in Book News
I don’t know about you guys, but this week has just flown by! I guess that’s the joy of four-day work-weeks, huh? (Sincere apologies to those…
New Memoirs, Valentine’s Day, and 594 Ways to Read Jane Eyre: What’s Happening in the Literary World this Week.
Happy Valentines Day! I know today isn’t everyone’s favourite holiday (myself included), but you can’t deny how great curling up with a good book while devouring…
Prizes, Controversy, and Book-Inspired Fashion: What’s Happening in the Literary World
Happy Friday! After a brief hiatus, we’ve decided to reboot our Literary Round Up feature, compiling all of the important book-related news in one convenient location.…
How to Prep for NaNoWriMo 2019
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month: a frenzy of writing with the goal of producing a 50,000-word novel during the thirty days of November. Find out more about this global writing challenge!
Writers Conferences, Festivals, & Workshops: Where to Find Them and What to Expect
Writing is most often a solitary pursuit. Many of us are introverts who live in our books (whether we are writing them or reading them). If…
Calling All Authors: The Indie Unconference is coming to Italy!
By Elizabeth Jennings and Tiziana D’Oppido The Indie Unconference, Europe will take place in April 11–13 2019 in Matera, Italy SPECIAL GUESTS: Camille Mofidi and Sandra Lonchamp of Kobo Writing Life,…
Killing it at the Dublin Murder One Conference
KWL author Robert Craven was invited to do a reading at the 2018 Murder One festival in Dublin. Here he shares some snippets about his experience.
Publishing (And Pasta!) at the Women’s Fiction Festival in Matera
This literary festival is a unique conference in Europe dedicated to women’s fiction, with a four-day program for authors to learn more about the craft of writing fiction; the book market; the new landscape of both traditional and self-publishing.
How To Win NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo is a fun way to connect with a global writing community and a great way to focus on really prioritizing your writing for 30 days
Literary Round Up – October 5th
Hello everyone! Marina here with another Literary Round Up! I have some exciting and fun tidbits to share with you about everything that’s been happening…
Literary Round Up, Sept 21st
News from around the book world this week.
Literary Round Up, Sept 14th
By Joni Di Placido If you’re based in NYC, or visiting for the weekend, the Brooklyn Book Fest looks pretty incredible – let us know in…
Four Unexpected Lessons from My Trip to Australia
by Chrissy Munroe Once upon a time, in 1996, there was an older sister, whose younger sister went to Australia for a soccer training trip, while…
KWL at Romancing the Capital, 2018
By Tara Cremin The fourth annual Romancing the Capital conference took place in Ottawa on August 2-4th. The conference is the brainchild of New York Times…
KWL at RT Booklovers 2018
By Tara Cremin Last month, thousands of romance writers and fans converged for the annual Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. What most people didn’t know upon…
KWL goes to Canada Reads
This week, the KWL team was lucky enough to be part of the live studio audience at CBC’s Canada Reads, Canada’s annual Survivor-style battle of the books!