It was with great shock and sadness that I learned of the death of of Steven Heighton. We knew that he was ill, though we hadn’t for long. We were certain that he – and ... Read More »
April 25, 2022
The nominees for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian crime writing have been announced. The winners of the 10 awards will be unveiled on May 26. In addition, the CWC ... Read More »
April 21, 2022
Poets David Bradford, Tolu Oloruntoba, and Liz Howard have been shortlisted for the $65,000 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. Oloruntoba won the 2021 Governor General’s award for his nominated collection. Howard is a previous Griffin winner. Four ... Read More »
April 13, 2022
The winner of the 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize is The American War in Afghanistan: A History by Carter Malkasian, published by Oxford University Press. The book was one of five titles shortlisted for the award. ... Read More »
April 12, 2022
But for a bout with mono, Malcolm Lester might never have become a publisher. The former owner and president of Lester & Orpen Dennys, one of the most significant Canadian independent houses in the 1980s, ... Read More »
April 6, 2022
The finalists for the 2022 Alberta Literary Awards, the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize, and the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize were announced online on April 4 by the Writers’ Guild ... Read More »
April 5, 2022
Writing in the March issue of Quill & Quire, Wolsak & Wynn publisher Noelle Allen wrote an opinion piece that argues for the need for a bestseller list focused on the books published by the ... Read More »
March 30, 2022
When the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards shortlists were announced on March 15, many Canadian authors were among the finalists, including Ivan Coyote, Hiromi Goto, Alix Ohlin, and Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester. The annual ... Read More »
March 18, 2022
After two years as a virtual festival, Word on the Street will return to the street this spring, as announced by the organizers of the Toronto festival on March 17. “We’re excited to reconnect with ... Read More »
March 17, 2022
While the Canadian government has long provided financial supports to Canadian authors and publishing houses, no such funding was ever available to Canadian bookstores – until now. A new program called Support for Booksellers will ... Read More »
March 16, 2022
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