We’re thrilled to share that on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 11 AM CDT, it was announced by the Manitoba Book Awards that Here the Dark by David Bergen won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award! The prize for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award is $2000 CAD. The award recognizes excellence […]
Last night’s launch of Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers went spectacularly! Author Marcello Di Cintio had an engaging discussion of the book (and a few of the stories that didn’t make the cut) with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, as well as a Q&A with the audience. The night rounded off with a successful […]
It’s launch day for Marcello Di Cintio’s Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers here at Biblioasis! We’re taking a look back at some of the latest in news leading up to tonight’s launch, from interviews to twitter takeovers. Marcello Di Cintio was interviewed about Driven in the Calgary Herald! The article was published in […]
It’s a busy time of the year here at Biblioasis, and we’ve got the media coverage to prove it! Why not listen in as our authors discuss their work? Or, you can take a look at some of these excellent reviews! Check out these and more below: White Shadow by Roy Jacobsen was reviewed in […]
We are absolutely delighted that on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, it was announced by the Canada Council for the Arts that If You Hear Me by Pascale Quiviger & translated by Lazer Lederhendler has been shortlisted for the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award in Translation! Each finalist receives $1,000 CAD, and the winner of the […]
We at Biblioasis are thrilled to share that on Friday, April 30, 2021 at 11 AM CDT, it was announced by the Manitoba Book Awards that Here the Dark by David Bergen has been shortlisted for both the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction! The prize for […]
National Poetry Month may be over, but poetic excellence lives on! If you happened to miss our posts on social media, thankfully you can still enjoy listening to our fantastic poets read from their works, collected below! Check out out these virtual readings from the last half of the month (and you can find those […]
We’ve gotten some fantastic coverage on a number of our titles here at Biblioasis in the last couple of weeks. Take a look at these reviews! IN THE NEWS Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s A Ghost in the Throat was highlighted in the New York Review of Books, and in a starred review by Foreword Reviews! You can […]
Over the weekend we celebrated the launch of Andreae Callanan’s poetry collection, The Debt! Andreae Callanan was joined in conversation by Elaine Feeney, and the event was emceed wonderfully by Mark Callanan. The launch finished off with an audience Q&A, and a successful book giveaway. The event was also co-hosted by Running the Goat Books […]
We’re thrilled to announce that Stoop City by Kristyn Dunnion has won the 2021 ReLit Award in the short fiction category! Founded in 2000, The ReLit Awards are awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories, and are considered the preeminent literary prize in independent Canadian publishing. Stoop City was selected from […]
