Dear Agony Editor, Recently, a new friend invited me to her place for dinner. I was horrified to see she placed her books page-side out. When I asked why, she said she “liked the aesthetic ... Read More »
May 8, 2024
John Vaillant has won the 2024 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Vaillant was awarded the $25,000 prize at the annual Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa. The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, awarded annually by ... Read More »
May 7, 2024
The finalists for the seventh annual Indigenous Voices Awards have been announced, alongside the names of eight writers who are being honoured for their unpublished work. The awards honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices ... Read More »
May 7, 2024
Titles from independent Canadian publishers dominate this year’s shortlists for the Trillium Book Award. The shortlists, announced today by Ontario Creates, include 13 books in French and English across three categories. The French poetry award ... Read More »
May 7, 2024
DCB associate publisher Barry Jowett has acquired Kate Blair’s We Bury Nothing. The YA novel is described as telling the story of 17-year-old Keira, who lands a place in a prestigious summer program at a ... Read More »
May 6, 2024
Nimbus Publishing nonfiction editor Angela Mombourquette has acquired Jo-Ann Roberts’s Storm the Ballot Box: Starting a Voting Revolution Before It’s Too Late. The nonfiction book from the former interim leader of the Green Party of ... Read More »
May 2, 2024
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) has released its shortlists for the annual Aurora Awards. The awards honour sci-fi and fantasy writing in 10 categories, and work is nominated by members of the ... Read More »
May 1, 2024
Poets Hannah Green, Sandra Ridley, and Bradley Peters have been named winners of the 2024 LCP Book Awards. Each of the three awards, bestowed annually by the League of Canadian Poets, comes with a $2,000 ... Read More »
May 1, 2024
Medicine Wheel Publishing and Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts artistic director Marisa Alps will be honoured by Books BC (British Columbia’s book publishers association) for their contributions to the province's publishing industry. Medicine ... Read More »
May 1, 2024
This year, three Canadian writers are among the five authors shortlisted for the second annual Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. With a purse of $150,000 (U.S.), the award is the largest specifically for women and ... Read More »
May 1, 2024
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