TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that two of our cookbooks have been named as finalists for the 2024 Taste Canada Awards. Let’s Eat, by DL Acken and Aurelia Louvet, and Eat Alberta First, by Karen Anderson, are respectively shortlisted for the Single-Subject Cookbooks and Regional / Cultural Cookbooks categories. The Gold and Silver winners from … Continued
The Cobra and the Key Longlisted for 2024 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that Sam Shelstad’s second novel, The Cobra and the Key, has been longlisted for the 2024 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The longlist, which includes 11 books this year instead of the usual 10, was … Continued
To Track a Traitor Named as a Finalist for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Award TouchWood Editions is excited to announce that To Track a Traitor by Iona Whishaw has been nominated for The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery at the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. … Continued
Why are my beets so small? Beet seed is pretty cool: Most cultivars are a multigerm type, which means that each little lump you hold in your hand is actually a fruit containing multiple small seeds (usually between two and five). You can’t separate them before planting, so you throw the whole thing in the … Continued
Enjoy this recipe for Halva from Sweet Greek by Kathy Tsaples. INGREDIENTS Syrup 1 stick of cinnamon 10 cloves 4 cups of water 3 cups of sugar Cake ½ cup of grapeseed oil 1 tbsp butter 2 cups of coarse semolina 1 cup of walnuts, roughly chopped RECIPE In a medium saucepan, bring all the syrup ingredients to … Continued
TouchWood Editions is delighted to announce that Jules Sherred’s cookbook Crip Up the Kitchen: Tools, Tips and Recipes for the Disabled Cook has been nominated for the 2024 PNBA Book Award. Since 1965, the annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula K. Le Guin, David James Duncan, … Continued
VICTORIA, BC — TouchWood Editions is pleased to announce that E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist by official Hughes biographer Robert Amos is a finalist for the 2023 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. Now in its 20th year, the prize is awarded to a Greater Victoria author for the best published book of fiction, … Continued
TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that three of its authors have been shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards. The nominated authors, Ann Allchin, Naomi Hansen, and Emillie Parrish, have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to Canada’s culinary writing community. Ann Allchin, author of Butter and Flower: Cannabis-Infused Recipes and Stories for the … Continued
Yesterday, Sam Shelstad received his first award for his debut novel, Citizens of Light. In an online ceremony he was awarded the Best Crime First Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. After receiving the news Sam Shelstad said, “I’m surprised and deeply honoured…I’ve never written any kind of crime fiction before, but had the … Continued
TouchWood Editions is delighted to announce that Sam Shelstad, author of Citizens of Light, and Iona Whishaw, author of the Lane Winslow Mystery Series, have been nominated for the Best Crime First Novel and Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery respectively. The Crime Writers of Canada have revealed the shortlists for the 2023 Awards of … Continued
TouchWood Editions is pleased to announce that the audiobook for Dance Me to the End by Alison Acheson (narrated by Ellen Dubin) has been nominated for the 2022 Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Voice Arts Award. The audiobook is nominated in the Audiobook Narration category for Best Voiceover – Self-help, Health and Wellness. Dance … Continued
TouchWood Editions is delighted to announce that the Canada Council for the Arts has named All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac a finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards. The announcement was made this morning with 70 books named the best to have been published in Canada in 2022, across seven categories, … Continued