In a move that marks one of the largest purchases of a Canadian-owned educational publisher, Nelson Thomson Learning has acquired Gage Learning. The deal closed on Wednesday, the same day it was announced in a ... Read More »

Veteran author Leon Rooke won one literary prize and signed on to judge another this week. Rooke is among the winners of the annual CBC Literary Awards, announced in Ottawa on Tuesday – he took ... Read More »

Paulette Jiles and Jake MacDonald were among the winners at the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Great Literary Awards last night. Jiles’ novel of the American Civil War, Enemy Women, and MacDonald’s memoir Houseboat Chronicles: Notes ... Read More »

Frances E. Russell Award moves to spring – IBBY Canada is in the process of permanently moving its Frances E. Russell Award from the fall to the spring. The $1,000 grant is awarded to cover ... Read More »

No English-language nominees for new Trillium poetry prize – The new Trillium Book Prize for Poetry, worth $10,000 for a debut poetry title, will be awarded only in French this year. No English-language titles were ... Read More »

Jurist for Giller jury – Past Giller Prize juries have included writers, literary academics, media, and booksellers, but their ranks welcomed a new category yesterday. Ontario Court of Appeal judge Rosalie Abella will sit on ... Read More »

Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop accused Canada Customs this week of damaging more than $1,000 worth of books sent by a German publisher.Glad Day manager Toshiya Kuwabara says the gay and lesbian bookstore received a carton ... Read More »

A mixup with the Commonwealth Writers Prize has created a new hometown favourite for the Calgary event – and a shot at a wider audience for an Ekstasis Editions title.Calgary writer Paulo da Costa has ... Read More »

Former HarperCollins Canada editor Don Loney has joined John Wiley & Sons Canada. In late March Loney started a contract position at Wiley as editor, consumer books. His responsibilities include the areas of health, parenting, ... Read More »

First Novel Award shortlist unveiled – The Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award shortlist, announced this week, is evenly split between small and large presses. Books in Canada columnist W.P. Kinsella has, as usual, selected ... Read More »