Pages Books and Magazines

Call for Submissions: What's Your Pages Books Story?

After three decades in business, indie book selling champion Pages Books and Magazines is shutting its doors on August 31, but not without a proper farewell from Toronto. On September 8, 'Afterword: A Celebration of 30 Years,' will bring together friends and family of Pages to share their stories and images, which we're asking you to submit for consideration for the event.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

What's Your Pages Books Story?

TINARS's Winston interviews Guy Maddin

Winston the penguin asks ten questions of director Guy Maddin for the This Is Not A Reading Series launch (May 12) of the My Winnipeg companion piece.

W: Why did you opt to write a My Winnipeg book after you made the movie? Isn’t it usually the other way around?

Guy Maddin launches My Winnipeg at TINARS (Revival)

May 12

Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin and This Is Not A Reading Series launch My Winnipeg (the book companion to his film of the same name) with Attack of the Winnipeg Hockey Moms. Maddin will first introduce clips of his favourite film mothers and then compete in a table hockey tournament with celebrity guests!

Location:

Revival

783 College Street

Toronto, ON

Canada

See map: Google Maps

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Coach House Offers Free Digital Downloads with Print Purchase!

Coach House will, as of February 14, offer free digital downloads with the purchase of any print edition (provided, of course, the book currently exists in e-format). You buy one of our print books, the electronic book is yours for the taking.

Sounds great, but how does it work? One of two ways:

Stan Bevington gets Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alcuin Society

Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington is this year’s recipient of the Robert R. Reid lifetime achievement award for excellence in book art. The award is given annually by the Alcuin Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canadian contributions to print culture.

Previous Robert R. Reid recipients include former Coach House typesetter and designer Glenn Goluska.

Congratulations, Stan. Beautifully done!

Listen to Biblio File's Interview with Coach House Founder Stan Bevington

In a two-part interview with Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington, Nigel Beale, from the Biblio File podcast, delves into the intriguing combination of factors that inspired Bevington's passion for print culture and took Coach House to the forefront of Canadian book design.

The interview is both a journey through the history of technologies and typefaces, as well as an advice manual for collectors seeking rare pieces of Canadiana.

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