Kai Thomas has always had a peripheral knowledge about the history of Black people in Canada, as he puts it – he was never taught the full and true history in school. That’s understandable, given ... Read More »
April 5, 2023
The Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize is getting a new sponsor, a new name – and a $35,000 increase to the prize money. The Writers' Trust of Canada announced today that the prize, awarded annually ... Read More »
April 5, 2023
House of Anansi Press senior editor Douglas Richmond has acquired world rights, excluding India, to Rajinderpal Pal’s However Far Away. The novel is described as being told through the viewpoints of three characters – Devinder ... Read More »
April 3, 2023
Effective April 1, 2023, Michelin Editions will be distributed by National Book Network Canada. Returns will be accepted by Publishers Group ... Read More »
April 3, 2023
Dundurn Press’s Russell Smith has acquired, in an exclusive submission, world rights to Larry Gaudet’s The Media Terrorist. The novel is described as telling the story of Don Barton, the celebrated creator of an immersive ... Read More »
March 31, 2023
Shelly Kawaja has won the 2022 BMO Winterset Award for her debut novel The Raw Light of Morning. The book, published in September 2022 by Breakwater Books, was one of three finalists for the $12,500 ... Read More »
March 30, 2023
Kate Beaton has won the 2023 Canada Reads competition for her graphic memoir. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which Q&Q reviewer Andrew Woodrow-Butcher called “political, personal, monumental, intimate, generous, upsetting, surreal, and disarmingly ... Read More »
March 30, 2023
In a summary decision that is being heralded by publishers and creators for upholding copyright law, a U.S. district judge has determined that San Francisco-based nonprofit Internet Archive has broken copyright law with its online ... Read More »
March 29, 2023
Reconciliation, the fight against Big Tech, and colonial systems are among the topics explored by the five books shortlisted for the 2023 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The $25,000 prize, awarded annually by the ... Read More »
March 29, 2023
Sutherland House Publishing’s Ken Whyte has acquired world English rights to Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau’s Going Solo: Absolutely Everything You Need to Become Your Own Boss. The nonfiction book is described as a timely and comprehensive guide ... Read More »
March 27, 2023
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