by Ryan Porter

Tech Forum sessions go live on YouTube

When Tech Forum, the Canadian book industry’s annual conference about technology in publishing, was cancelled on March 13, organizers promised to post sessions online as webinars and videos. Many have now been posted on BookNet ... Read More »

May 12, 2020

Daily Deals: Tantor Media acquires three audiobooks from Dundurn

By Ryan Porter

Tantor Media’s Kim Budnick has acquired English audio rights to three novels from Dundurn Press. Brenden Carlson’s Night Call, the first in a three-book series, is about a detective and his robot partner investigating a ... Read More »

May 11, 2020

The Doug Wright Awards announce 2020 winners in virtual ceremony

By Ryan Porter

In an online ceremony hosted by Don McKellar, the winners of the Doug Wright Awards were announced on May 9. The annual awards recognize Canadian cartoonists and comic artists. For the first time, each winner ... Read More »

May 11, 2020

Winners announced for the 2020 Poetry Awards

By Ryan Porter

The League of Canadian Poets have announced the winners of the 2020 Poetry Awards. Each winner receives $2,000. Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (first book of poetry) Jurors: Ben Ladouceur, Robin Richardson, and Anna Yin Float ... Read More »

May 11, 2020

Daily Deals: Sharon Butala collection acquired by Freehand Books in wake of Coteau bankruptcy

By Ryan Porter

Freehand Books’s Kelsey Attard has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Sharon Butala’s short-story collection Season of Fury and Wonder. The collection, which centres on the lives of older women, was previously published by Coteau Books ... Read More »

May 8, 2020

Canadian comic arts festivals to support creators, share content under signature hashtags

By Ryan Porter

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, originally scheduled for May 8—10, is recreating its community virtually this weekend using the hashtag #TCAF2020. Organizers are pushing for two “tweetstorms” – at 6 p.m. EST on May 8 ... Read More »

May 8, 2020

50 years after the Abortion Caravan protests, Karin Wells retraces their steps on virtual book tour

By Ryan Porter

The timing was perfect – until it wasn’t. Journalist Karin Wells planned to mark the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Caravan, a group of activists who drove across Canada from Vancouver to Ottawa protesting anti-abortion ... Read More »

May 8, 2020

GG’s moved to 2021, submission deadline extended to October

By Ryan Porter

The Governor General’s Literary Awards has extended all deadlines for submissions published after February 2020. All books published in English or in French after Feb. 29, 2020, will be eligible for submission up until Oct. ... Read More »

May 8, 2020

Janet Rogers introduces Ojistoh Publishing

By Ryan Porter

Poet Janet Rogers has launched Ojistoh Publishing, a new press to focus on writers from the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, southwest of Hamilton. The press’s first book will be Rogers' new poetry ... Read More »

May 8, 2020

$20,000 Montreal Prize for poetry extends submission deadline

By Ryan Porter

The Montreal International Poetry Prize has extended its deadline until June 1 to accommodate for the challenges of COVID-19. The $20,000 CAD biannual prize, which is being administered this year by McGill University’s Department of ... Read More »

May 7, 2020

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Tech Forum sessions go live on YouTube

Daily Deals: Tantor Media acquires three audiobooks from Dundurn

The Doug Wright Awards announce 2020 winners in virtual ceremony

Winners announced for the 2020 Poetry Awards

Daily Deals: Sharon Butala collection acquired by Freehand Books in wake of Coteau bankruptcy

Canadian comic arts festivals to support creators, share content under signature hashtags

50 years after the Abortion Caravan protests, Karin Wells retraces their steps on virtual book tour

GG’s moved to 2021, submission deadline extended to October

Janet Rogers introduces Ojistoh Publishing

$20,000 Montreal Prize for poetry extends submission deadline

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