by Attila Berki

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes for 2024 announced

Rakuten Kobo announced the winners of its tenth Emerging Writer Prize, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and mystery. The genre fiction category alternates between mystery, romance, and speculative fiction. The award carries a cash ... Read More »

June 19, 2024

Michelle Good, Charlotte Bellows among Canadian writers shortlisted for 2024 High Plains Book Awards

By Attila Berki

Nine Canadian writers from the prairies have been shortlisted for 2024 High Plains Book Awards. Winners will be announced on October 5 in Billings, Montana. The book awards recognize regional authors and literary works that ... Read More »

June 17, 2024

Association of Canadian Publishers announces board of directors for 2024–2025

By Attila Berki

The Association of Canadian Publishers has announced their new board of directors for 2024–2025, named at the association's annual general meeting last week. The new executive is: President: Alana Wilcox, editorial director, Coach House Books ... Read More »

June 12, 2024

Jessica Johns, Jennifer Bowering-Delisle among 2024 Alberta Literary Awards winners

By Attila Berki

The Writers’ Guild of Alberta handed out the 2024 Alberta Literary Awards on June 8. The ceremony was part of the annual WGA Conference in Edmonton. The winners, chosen from shortlists announced in April, are: ... Read More »

June 10, 2024

Alicia Elliott wins 2024 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

By Attila Berki

Alicia Elliott has been named the winner of the 2024 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for And Then She Fell. The $60,000 prize was announced at a live event in Toronto on June 6. The ... Read More »

June 7, 2024

Winners of the 2024 New Brunswick Book Awards announced

By Attila Berki

The ninth annual New Brunswick Book Awards were presented at a live event on June 1 in Moncton, New Brunswick. The awards are administered by the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB). Lisa Alward won ... Read More »

June 3, 2024

Patsy Aldana and Kate Edwards named Association of Canadian Publishers awards honorees

By Attila Berki

Patsy Aldana and Kate Edwards have been named the recipients of the Association of Canadian Publishers' annual awards. Aldana, who founded Groundwood Books in 1978, and is currently publisher of the Greystone Kids imprint Aldana ... Read More »

May 30, 2024

Agency changes: House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books

By Attila Berki

As of May 1, 2024, House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books are represented by Read + Co in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and by Rorie Bruce in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. ... Read More »

May 27, 2024

Fredericton’s Goose Lane Editions marks 70 years of publishing

By Attila Berki

Goose Lane Editions – the oldest independent press in Canada – celebrates its 70th birthday this year. The press, founded in 1954 by poet, critic, translator, and professor Fred Cogswell and his colleagues at the ... Read More »

May 22, 2024