The first literary prize dedicated to talent from the Yukon, the Borealis Prize, will be presented this May, the BC and Yukon Book Prizes announced on Jan. 20. The award honours writers as well as ... Read More »
January 21, 2020
Montreal illustrator Isabelle Arsenault has been shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards' Illustrator Award, the International Board on Books for Young People announced on Jan. 20. The Illustrator Award recognizes artists who have made ... Read More »
January 20, 2020
As Koyama Press begins its final full year, the treasured graphica publisher is preparing to give its followers more than its usual roster of provocative comics, art books, and zines. Last week, publisher Annie Koyama ... Read More »
January 20, 2020
Wattpad Books publishing director Deanna McFadden has acquired world English rights to Nicole Nwosu’s The Bad Boy and the Tomboy. The YA novel is a romance between a soccer-obsessed girl and an arrogant-yet-handsome bad boy. Publication ... Read More »
January 14, 2020
Effectively immediately, Kaiya Smith Blackburn, formerly communications coordinator for The Secret Mountain, has been hired ... Read More »
January 14, 2020
The Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced a jury of four acclaimed Canadian authors for its 2020 prize: David Chariandy, Tom Rachman, Eden Robinson, and Mark Sakamoto, who will serve as chair. Chariandy, Rachman, and Robinson ... Read More »
January 13, 2020
Dundurn Press’s Julie Mannell has acquired world rights to Sumaiya Matin’s memoir Good Canadian Girl. The book tells Matin’s story of being blindsided by an arranged marriage in Bangladesh at age 19 and the complications ... Read More »
January 13, 2020
Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired world English rights to Kimiko Tobimatsu’s Kimiko Does Cancer, illustrated by Keet Geniza. The graphic memoir is about Tobatsu's experience as a young woman diagnosed with cancer. ... Read More »
January 9, 2020
The final shortlist for the RBC Taylor Prize, announced on Jan. 8 in Toronto, features work characterized as much by its literary excellence as the density of its research. Following the announcement of the shortlist ... Read More »
January 8, 2020
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