Category Archives: Book News
Arnold August Wins Journalism Award
Montreal Journalist Arnold August Wins Prestigious Journalism Award (Halifax, Nova Scotia) March 18, 2013 – Fernwood Publishing is pleased to announce that Montreal journalist and Fernwood Publishing author Arnold August has been presented with the Distinción Félix Elmuza (the Félix … Continue reading
Paved With Good Intentions Author Tour
Dru Oja Jay, one of the authors of Paved With Good Intentions: Canada’s Development NGOs from Idealism to Imperialism, will be doing a series of speaking engagements in Halifax starting this week! If you’re in the area, don’t miss out! … Continue reading
Racialized Policing Shortlisted for Manitoba Book Award!
We are positively THRILLED that Elizabeth Comack’s latest work, Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police, has been shortlisted for the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Manitoba Book Award for Non-Fiction! The awards will be presented at the Manitoba Book Awards … Continue reading
Carl James and Andrea Davis at IDRC
We just stumbled upon this terrific video on Twitter, courtesy of the IDRC. This is a terrific discussion with Carl E. James and Andrea Davis about their latest edited collection Jamaica in the Canadian Experience. Plus, the two professors are … Continue reading
Listen: Jim Williams interviewed on CBC
Author of Rock Reject Jim Williams was recently interviewed on CBC radio, and just in case you missed the original broadcast, we’ve got you covered. Just click the link below to listen to Jim talk about his time working in … Continue reading
Scott Neigh – Talking Radical
We just had copies of not one, but two, new books by Canadian writer and activist, Scott Neigh in his series called, Talking Radical. Using the first-hand accounts of political activists, Resisting the State and Gender and Sexuality provide readers … Continue reading
Elizabeth Comack on APTN
Hot on the heels of the release of her latest book, Racialized Policing, Dr. Elizabeth Comack was interviewed by APTN. The full interview can be viewed on their website. After you hear Dr. Comack discuss her book, why not pick … Continue reading
Book Award Nomination Round-up
Wow! What a week it’s been around the Fernwood HQ. We’ve had three (!!!) of our books nominated for awards. First off, Gloria Wesley’s Chasing Freedom has been shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature by the … Continue reading
Fernwood Authors Nominated for Manitoba Book Awards
We’d like to send a massive congratulations to Jim Silver and David Camfield for having their books nominated for a Manitoba Book Award. Silver’s Good Places to Live and Camfield’s Canadian Labour in Crisis are both up for the Alexander … Continue reading