by Ryan Porter

Penguin Random House Canada donates $60,000 to Black community groups

As part of a detailed “anti-racism action and accountability plan” announced on June 10, Penguin Random House Canada has committed $60,000 to Black community groups. The donation will be split evenly between the Black Legal ... Read More »

June 11, 2020

Six authors shortlisted for Amazon First Novel Award

By Ryan Porter

The shortlist has been announced for the Amazon First Novel Award. The winner, to be announced online the morning of June 25, will receive $60,000. The remaining shortlisted authors will receive $6,000. The jury for ... Read More »

June 9, 2020

Sunburst Award longlist includes André Alexis, Johanna Skibsrud, Richard Van Camp

By Ryan Porter

The longlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic has been announced. The shortlist will be announced in July with winners announced in September. Winners in the adult and young ... Read More »

June 8, 2020

Heidi L. M. Jacobs’s debut Molly of the Mall wins Leacock Medal

By Ryan Porter

Heidi L. M. Jacobs has won the 2020 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for her novel Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear (NeWest Press). Jacobs will receive a $15,000 ... Read More »

June 5, 2020

Digital learning platform Top Hat to acquire Nelson’s higher-ed textbook business

By Ryan Porter

Toronto digital-learning platform Top Hat has acquired Nelson's higher-ed textbook business in a deal announced on May 26. The acquisition completes Nelson's shift in strategy to focus solely on the K–12 education market. Top Hat plans ... Read More »

June 4, 2020

Premiere issue of The Quarantine Review tackles life with COVID, social inequity, and haircuts

By Ryan Porter

While others were bingeing Tiger King, Like-ing livestreams, and mastering sourdough, novelist Jeffrey Dupuis and editor Sheeza Sarfraz were getting lit. During the pandemic, the married couple have solicited fiction, non-fiction, poetry, reviews, and art ... Read More »

June 1, 2020

Daily Deals: S&S announces Peter Mansbridge book, Arsenal acquires short story collection from Chelsea Vowel

By Ryan Porter

Simon & Schuster Canada has acquired Peter Mansbridge and CBC producer Mark Bulgutch’s Extraordinary Canadians: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation. The collection of first-person stories is a portrait of Canadians from across the country ... Read More »

May 28, 2020

Arsenal Pulp’s Brian Lam receives special Lambda for publishing

By Ryan Porter

Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has been named the 2020 recipient of Lambda Literary’s Publishing Professional Award. The special honour recognizes a publisher who has promoted LGBTQ literature. Lam has been with the Vancouver ... Read More »

May 28, 2020

As provinces ease restrictions on retail, many booksellers proceed with caution

By Ryan Porter

When Susan Chamberlain reopened her bookstore The Book Keeper in Sarnia, Ontario, on May 21, it conjured up a familiar feeling. “It seemed like such a huge transition,” she says. “But it’s really such a ... Read More »

May 25, 2020

Daily Deal: Canadian English rights for Alexie Morin’s Ouvrir son Coeur to Véhicule

By Ryan Porter

Esplanade Books/Véhicule Press’s Dimitri Nasrallah has acquired English Canadian rights to Alexie Morin’s Ouvrir son Coeur. The winner of the 2019 Prix des libraires du Québec, the novel looks back as the narrator recounts the ... Read More »

May 22, 2020

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Penguin Random House Canada donates $60,000 to Black community groups

Six authors shortlisted for Amazon First Novel Award

Sunburst Award longlist includes André Alexis, Johanna Skibsrud, Richard Van Camp

Heidi L. M. Jacobs’s debut Molly of the Mall wins Leacock Medal

Digital learning platform Top Hat to acquire Nelson’s higher-ed textbook business

Premiere issue of The Quarantine Review tackles life with COVID, social inequity, and haircuts

Daily Deals: S&S announces Peter Mansbridge book, Arsenal acquires short story collection from Chelsea Vowel

Arsenal Pulp’s Brian Lam receives special Lambda for publishing

As provinces ease restrictions on retail, many booksellers proceed with caution

Daily Deal: Canadian English rights for Alexie Morin’s Ouvrir son Coeur to Véhicule

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