Knopf Canada’s Rick Meier has acquired Canada English rights to Rob Benvie’s Book of the Flock. The novel, described as a galloping tale set in the Adirondack Mountains of the early 1950s that follows the ... Read More »
July 10, 2023
The Governor General of Canada announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada on June 30. The list of appointees includes a number of writers and booksellers. Named as Officers of the Order of ... Read More »
June 30, 2023
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) announced the shortlists for the 2023 Alberta Book Publishing Awards on June 26. The prizes recognize the best publishing in Alberta, and this year's awards include the inaugural ... Read More »
June 29, 2023
Writers’ Trust of Canada has created a new grant program to support working poets of modest means. In the first year, the DC Reid Poets’ Grant, established by an author, will support eight writers from ... Read More »
June 28, 2023
The winners of the Manitoba Book Awards / Les Prix du livre du Manitoba were announced on June 11. The awards, which recognize excellence in Manitoba writing, book design and illustration, publishing, and stories, are presented annually ... Read More »
June 15, 2023
The High Plains Book Awards have announced the finalists for the 2023 prizes, with winners to be named in October. The book awards recognize regional authors and/or literary works that examine and reflect life on ... Read More »
June 14, 2023
Two Canadian authors were winners at the 2023 Lambda Literary Awards, announced on June 9 in New York City. Gay Fiction: • The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan (Viking/PRHC) LGBTQ+ Drama: • Iphigenia and the ... Read More »
June 13, 2023
For a second year, the Nova Scotia Book Awards were presented at a stand-alone event on June 5. Awards in five categories were given out. George Borden Writing for Change Award Elder Sister Dorothy Moore, ... Read More »
June 8, 2023
British Columbia’s publishers association has announced a rebranding: the ABPBC will now be known as Books BC and has a corresponding new logo. The Association of Book Publishers of BC remains the organizations legal name. ... Read More »
June 7, 2023
Taste Canada has announced it’s considerable shortlist of titles for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards, with 41 nominations in five English-language and five French-language categories: culinary narrative, general cookbooks, regional/cultural cookbooks, single-subject cookbooks, and health ... Read More »
June 6, 2023
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