by Attila Berki

Thirteen Canadian authors shortlisted for the 2022 High Plains Book Awards

The High Plains Book Awards announced the finalists for its 2022 prizes. The awards recognize regional authors and literary works that examine and reflect life on the High Plains – Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in ... Read More »

June 20, 2022

Taste Canada Awards 2022 shortlist announced

By Attila Berki

The cookbooks shortlisted for the 25th Taste Canada Awards / Les Lauréats des Saveurs du Canada were announced on June 15. Appetite by Random House and Penguin Canada dominated the general and single-subject cookbook categories, ... Read More »

June 16, 2022

Personnel change: Canadian Children’s Book Centre

By Attila Berki

Carol-Ann Hoyte joins the Canadian Children’s Book Centre as program and events coordinator starting June 27. Hoyte worked for many years as the CCBC’s Book Week Coordinator for Quebec, and has been a book award ... Read More »

June 15, 2022

David Bergen and Helen Olsen Agger among winners at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards

By Attila Berki

The 2022 Manitoba Book Awards winners were announced on June 9. The shortlists had been revealed in May. The winners are: McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Out of Mind by David Bergen (Goose ... Read More »

June 10, 2022

2022 New Brunswick Book Awards winners

By Attila Berki

The seventh annual New Brunswick Book Awards were announced at a live event on June 4 in Fredericton. The awards are presented in partnership by the Writers’ Federation and The Fiddlehead. The shortlisted titles had ... Read More »

June 10, 2022

Agency and distribution change: Monster House Publishing

By Attila Berki

Effective June 1, children’s book publisher Monster House Publishing, based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, will be ... Read More »

June 1, 2022

Southern Exposure: Inside Bookmanager’s U.S. expansion

By Attila Berki

When three friends from graduate school opened their independent bookstore in an old house with a wraparound porch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a little piece of Canada was there to help: Bookmanager. “When we decided to ... Read More »

May 18, 2022

Lisa Bird-Wilson, Brian Thomas Isaac, and Conor Kerr among finalists for the 46th annual First Novel Award

By Attila Berki

The finalists for the annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award for the best debut novel by a Canadian author have been revealed: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin (Atria) Probably ... Read More »

May 10, 2022

Memorial: Sandra Leef

By Attila Berki

Respected publishing professional Sandra Leef died in Oshawa, Ontario, on April 29 after a brief illness. Sandra worked for over 15 years at HarperCollins Canada, most recently as senior sales director. She was well known ... Read More »

May 2, 2022

2021 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist announced

By Attila Berki

This year marks the presentation of the 25th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, which recognizes the best first collection of English-language short fiction by a Canadian author. The Writers’ Union of Canada, which administers the ... Read More »

April 27, 2022

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Thirteen Canadian authors shortlisted for the 2022 High Plains Book Awards

Taste Canada Awards 2022 shortlist announced

Personnel change: Canadian Children’s Book Centre

David Bergen and Helen Olsen Agger among winners at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards

2022 New Brunswick Book Awards winners

Agency and distribution change: Monster House Publishing

Southern Exposure: Inside Bookmanager’s U.S. expansion

Lisa Bird-Wilson, Brian Thomas Isaac, and Conor Kerr among finalists for the 46th annual First Novel Award

Memorial: Sandra Leef

2021 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist announced

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