Anton Checkov - "The SeaGull"

Michel de Montaigne - "The Essays of Montaigne, Complete"

Bret Harte - "Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories"

Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant - "Jeanne d'Arc"

Trudeau bio wins political writing prize
A biography of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

Ralston Saul wins Korea's Manhae Prize
John Ralston Saul, a Canadian author and president of International PEN, has been awarded South Korea's Manhae Grand Prize for literature.

Booksellers battle Amazon's Canadian plans
A decision to allow Amazon.com Inc. to open a distribution centre in Canada would set a precedent for changes to Canadian foreign ownership rules, the Canadian Booksellers' Association says.