A P.E.I. lawyer is finishing up a children's book series on Canada's Charter of Rights with some help from a New Brunswick lobster, a Montreal bagel, a Saskatchewan moose, and Anne of Green Tomatoes.
Prolific Mexican novelist and essayist Carlos Fuentes has died in a hospital in Mexico City, according to Mexico's cultural agency. He was 83.
The burgeoning e-book format has gained some major star power, with the work of Truman Capote and a forthcoming Kirk Douglas memoir set to be published digitally.
West Coast authors Esi Edugyan and Charlotte Gill won further acclaim on the weekend, with the two writers among the latest recipients of the B.C. Book Prizes.