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Pure Vegan Book Trailer

by Danielle
Food & Drink / May 16, 2012

Pure Vegan
70 Recipes for Beautiful Meals and Clean Living

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Mom, Inc. Book Trailer

by Danielle
Business & Careers + Craft / May 16, 2012

Mom, Inc.
The Essential Guide to Running a Successful Business Close to Home

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Name That Movie Book Trailer

by Danielle
Film / May 16, 2012

Name That Movie
100 Illustrated Movie Puzzles

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Instant Love Book Trailer

by Danielle
Art & Photography / May 16, 2012

Instant Love
How to Make Magic and Memories with Polaroids

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Michael Cho at Type Books May 23rd

by Dan
Art & Photography + Events + Graphica / May 10, 2012

Toronto-based illustrator and hometown hero Michael Cho will be signing copies of his new book Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes 6pm–8pm on May 23rd at Type Books on Queen Street West near Trinity Bellwoods Park. TYPE will also be featuring a gallery show of selected work from the book. 

Michael began creating drawings of the back alleys near his Toronto home in 2008. Collected together in this book, the work speaks to the beauty of the urban landscape: sometimes gritty and citified, sometimes unexpectedly pastoral, but always beautifully rendered. Michael is a brilliant draftsman, and Back Alleys shines with loving attention to detail – from expletive-filled graffiti splayed across backyard fences to the graceful twists of power lines over a bend in the road. 

Last weekend, Michael joined a host of other super-talented cartoonists – including Kate Beaton, Guy Delisle and Tom Gauld to name a few – signing books at the Toronto Comics Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library. Unsurprisingly (in retrospect!) Backalleys was in big demand and we sold out of the book in no time at all, so make sure you come by early on the 23rd if you are want to get your hands on a copy! 

Michael Cho
Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes 
Book signing featuring a gallery show of selected work

@ TYPE Books
883 Queen Street West, Toronto
May 23rd, 6pm - 8pm
Typebooks.ca  

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Suze Casey author of Belief Re-Patterning ~ Canadian events

by Danielle
May 08, 2012

Do you want to rid yourself of negative thinking? Suze Casey, author of Belief Re-patterning will be appearing at the following locations to talk about her new book and techniques to promote positive thinking within yourself. 

Suze Casey
Author, teacher, radio host, speaker and entrepreneur Suze Casey, MEd, is the developer of the Belief Re-patterning® technique. After a 20-year teaching career, Suze followed her passion by opening a practice based in Canada, where she supports her clients in developing positive belief structures. http://www.beliefrepatterning.com and www.suzecasey.com

Events

Thursday May 10^th, 2012

Coho Books – 3-5 pm
1074 Shoppers Row
Campbell River, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 250-287-2335 or visit their website for further details.

Friday May 11^th, 2012

Lobelias Lair – 2-4 pm
8-321 Wesley Street
Nanaimo, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact the store at 250-753-5440 for further details.

Sunday May 13^th, 2012

Full Circle Studio Arts – 1-3 pm
1800 Store Street
Victoria, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 250-920-4034 for further details.

Monday May 14^th, 2012

Whitby’s Books – 2-3:30 pm
14833 Marine Drive
White Rock, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 604-536-3711 for further details.

Tuesday May 15^th, 2012

Wellspring Health – 10-Noon
1248 – 56 Street
Tsawwassen, BC

If you wish to learn more information about this event, please contact 604-943-1499 for further details.

AND

Banyen Books – 2-4 pm
3608 West 4^th Street
Vancouver, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please visit their website.

Wednesday May 16^th, 2012

Reflections – 11 am-1 pm
1111D Austin Ave.
Coquitlam, BC

For further details about this event, please contact the store at 604-939-6000 or visit their website.

AND

Food For Thought – 3-5 pm
1 – 2664 Gladys Avenue
Abbotsford, BC

To learn more about this event, please contact the store at 604-853-9027 for further details.

Thursday May 17^th, 2012

Suze Casey will be appearing for a Book Signing at Mystic Dreams from 1-3 pm and for a workshop at Mystic Dreams from 7-9 pm

Mystic Dreams
419 Tranquille Road
 Kamloops, BC
 
If you wish to learn more about these events, please contact 250-554-8770 or visit their website for further details.

AND

Bookland – 3:30-6 pm
750 - Fortune Drive
Kamloops, BC

For more details about this event, please contact the store at 250-554-2025.

Friday May 18^th, 2012

Spirit Quest Books – Noon-2 pm
170 Lakeshore Drive NE  
Salmon Arm, BC

Please contact 250-804-0392 for further details about this event.

AND

It’s All Good Bulk & Healthfood Plus – 3-5 pm
Suite F-2682 Fairway Hills Road
Blind Bay, BC 

For further information about this event, please contact the store at 250-675-2828.

Saturday May 19^th, 2012

Hooked on Books – 10-Noon
225 Main Street
Penticton, BC

For further information about this event, please contact the store at 778-476-5621.

AND

Bookland – 2:30-4:30 pm
100 – 3400 30^th Avenue
Vernon, BC

Please contact the store at 250-545-1885 for further details about this event.

Sunday May 20^th, 2012

Mosaic Books – Noon-2 pm
411 Bernard Avenue
Kelowna BC  

If you wish to learn more information about this event, please contact the store at 250-763-4418 for further details.

AND

Newport Beach – 3:30-5 pm
12069 Westside Road
Vernon, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 250-542-7431 for further details.

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Hark! A Vagrant wins Doug Wright Award

by Dan
Graphica / May 07, 2012

It was the Toronto Comics Art Festival at the weekend, and the brilliant Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton won the award for Best Book at the 8th Doug Wright Awards, hosted by Geoff Pevere, which took place on Saturday night at the Art Gallery of Ontario. 

Founded in 2004, the annual Doug Wright Awards recognize the best and brightest in English-language comics and graphic novels published in the previous year in Canada. 

This years winners were decided by a jury comprised of visual artist Shary Boyle, cartoonist John Martz and book artist and professor George Walker.

Speaking on behalf of the jury, Shary Boyle praised Kate’s book. “The world of comics can be a sequestered and dusty place,” she said. “As the comic community bemoans its shrinking readership and dying forms, Beaton rises up and throws open the doors to a whole new audience—welcoming one and all with her generous vision and sense of sophisticated, inclusive playfulness.” 

Amen to that! 

Other winners included Ethan Rilly for Pope Hats #2 (Doug Wright Spotlight Award aka "The Nipper") Michael Comeau for Hellberta (Pigskin Peters Award for experimental or avant-garde comics).

Congratulations all. 

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May the force (oops fourth) be with you!!

by Danielle
May 04, 2012

Hey there Star Wars fans! Today is Star Wars Day. Perfect opportunity to showcase some of our awesome Star Wars books/products!

 

Darth Vader and Son

This light hearted book is perfect for any Dad—Star Wars fan or not. A comic about the life of Darth Vader and his difficulties raising a son, Jeffrey Brown explores a different side of the Star Wars world—one I am sure that everyone wishes to see more of.  An ideal book to share with your own Dad or child, this is a book that both celebrates Star Wars Day and one that will have a permanent place on your bookshelf.

Wookiee Pies, Clone Scones, and Other Galactic Goodies

What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than with these awesome, fun recipes? It really is a win-win situation: show your love of Star Wars with these adorable cookie cutters AND get a rewarding (and delicious) treat at the end. A perfect activity for both kids and adults to show their Star Wars appreciation, it really doesn’t get any better than this!

How to Speak Wookiee

Today is probably the only day you can get away with speaking in Wookiee without people shooting you strange looks. If you always wished to learn another language and the real ones just aren’t cutting it (or if you are me they are just too difficult for you) this book provides the perfect opportunity to hone those language skills of yours and put them to good use.  Also, the language will come in handy for interpretation purposes during those Star Wars movie marathons, or if you want that added authenticity for your Chewbacca Halloween costume.

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The Art and Making of Star Wars

If you don’t have the attention span to sit through 4+ hours of Star Wars movies to celebrate Star Wars Day, perhaps you will instead pull out your “Star Wars: The Old Republic” video game and celebrate this culturally produced holiday with your own presence in the Star Wars world.  Want to see how it was created? This book delves into the process and provides an inside look into one of our culture’s most beloved franchises.  A must buy for any self-professed (or in the closet) Star Wars fan. 

Star Wars Moleskine Planners

 If you’re like me, planners just make everything better.  Especially these Star Wars-themed ones! Get your life organized and indulge in your favourite series with these fantastic day planners.
 

HUGE thanks to Melissa our new awesome intern for this blog post! It's her first and certainly not her last!!

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Inside the Fall 12 Sales Conference

by Natalia
News + Vancouver / May 01, 2012

Last week was the Raincoast Fall 2012 sales conference.  This is when all our publishers come to Vancouver to talk to the sales team about their brand new fall titles.  For us publicists, it's a chance to hear about the hot upcoming books and see what will be in store for us this fall!  There were so many fabulous books that it made my head spin, but I thought I would share a small selection of my favourites...

 

I was blown at conference by this new series of classics from Thunder Bay Press.  The picture does not convey how beautiful this series is: they're gorgeous books with a soft, velvety leather cover, a celebration of the tactility of the page.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Canterbury Classics singles series

 

 

 

I like to think of myself as a scholarly being, a reader of highfalutin' literary fiction, an intellectual.  But then someone throws a book about cat pee in front of me and I think it's hilarious. So much for the highbrow.

I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats
Francesco Marciuliano

 

 

 

If you think doing your Christmas shopping on time is a challenge, try getting a book to press in time for the holidays.  Publishing is an industry that has to roll way ahead of the game.  But this picture book from Sourcebooks is so lovely and sweet it could be enjoyed any day of the year.

A Flower in the Snow
Tracey Corderoy and Sophie Allsopp

 

Whoever thought rocks would be interesting?   This is a quirky one, but I'm intrigued by the promised chapter on inukshuks...

Cairns: Messengers in Stone
David Williams

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes it's the cover that pulls you in.  I love these little quill duelists.

The Language Wars: A History of Proper English
Henry Hitchings

 

 

 

 

And from Drawn & Quarterly, a very cool collection by New Yorker cartoonist Adrian Tomine.

New York Drawings
Adrian Tomine

 

 

 

 

 

What upcoming book are you most excited to see this year?

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Eben Weiss visits Vancouver

by Danielle
Environment + Reference + Sports + Travel + Vancouver / April 22, 2012

We had the pleasure of meeting Eben Weiss (aka BikeSnob USA) last week while he was in Vancouver for his book tour. By 'we' I mean my boyfriend and myself. I had to do it cause it's my job. The BF on the other hand took time off work to tag along for fun. Not that I minded this particular working day because we rode bikes all day and it's our fave thing to do!

For those of you who don't know who Eben Weiss is, he writes the emencely popular blog bikesnousa and wrote a couple of books.

 

 

We had met him at his hotel where we all biked over the Caffé Musette for a nice cup of coffee and some snacks while we waited for legendary Amy Walker and her crew to get suited and booted for their Eben interview for bicycle.com.

Essentially they ride around town showing people riding in
real-life situations - on the streets, trails and bike routes of our city from the back of a Yuba Mundo cargo bike. It looks pretty tricky to handle but these two had the down packed.

After a couple hours of riding around beautiful Vancouver (oh and the weather was awesome btw!) we were starved so stopped for few tacos at Taqueria before heading over to Bike Dr. for the group ride.

We ended the night at Chapters where Eben answered questions from the crowd and signed stock. We talked about everything from biking and rainbows to religion and salmoning. (Grab the book, you'll know what I mean after reading it)

Following morning Eben graced our local TV waves at BT. Here's the link.

I'm pleading to get Eben up to Toronto.
I'll keep you all posted on if and when that happens.

Happy riding!

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