Canadian writers Esi Edugyan and Patrick deWitt have earned nominations for the Writers' Trust of Canada fiction prize, which puts them in the running for three top fiction prizes including the Giller Prize and the Man Booker Prize.

Rebecca Brewer, a multidisciplinary artist from Vancouver, is the latest winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

Seattle-based Amazon.com has announced the Kindle Fire, a seven-inch tablet that will sell for just $199 US. It will not be available in Canada.

Two years after police in Zurich led Roman Polanski away to prison, the Oscar-winning director returned to a very different reception in the city, where he picked up a cinematic award for lifetime achievement on Tuesday.

Trailer for Lie

Trailer for Tomboy

Trailer for 1911

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

Trailer for Joyful Noise

Trailer for Joyful Noise