by Ryan Porter

Dionne Brand novel Theory wins the Toronto Book Award

Dionne Brand has won the $10,000 Toronto Book Award for her novel Theory (Knopf Canada). The novel follows an unreliable narrator attempting to write a thesis whose thinking is challenged by a series of three ... Read More »

October 3, 2019

Governor General’s Literary Award shortlist shines spotlight on new literary talents; Michael Crummey scores his third shortlist

By Ryan Porter

The 2019 Governor General’s Literary Awards largely shelved the bestsellers and publicity juggernauts of 2019 in favour of quieter literary releases. One notable exception: Michael Crummey’s novel The Innocents, recognized on the English Fiction shortlist, ... Read More »

October 2, 2019

Daily Deal: Nimbus to publish memoir from Great Big Sea’s Séan McCann

By Ryan Porter

Nimbus Publishing general manager Terrilee Bulger and managing editor Whitney Moran have acquired world rights to Séan McCann’s One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love. Co-writing with his wife, Andrea Aragon, ... Read More »

September 30, 2019

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: What Canadian publishers need to know now

By Ryan Porter

When the Frankfurt Book Fair celebrates Canada as its Guest of Honour country in 2020, the festivities will span five days (Oct. 14–18). But according to some people from countries that previously participated in the ... Read More »

September 30, 2019

No Atwood, but awards circuit veterans still dominate Giller shortlist

By Ryan Porter

Previous Scotiabank Giller Prize winners Margaret Atwood and André Alexis, who both appeared on the award's longlist, won’t compete for the $100,000 purse. Still, four of the authors on the 2019 shortlist, announced Sept. 30, ... Read More »

September 30, 2019

Daily Deal: Figure 1 acquires book on Canada’s LGBTQ history

By Ryan Porter

Figure 1 Publishing’s Michelle Meade has acquired world rights to Craig Jennex and Nisha Eswaran’s Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada. The collection will document queer history through an examination ... Read More »

September 27, 2019

Personnel change: Arsenal Pulp Press

By Ryan Porter

Effective immediately, Arsenal Pulp Press has hired Jazmin Welch as in-house designer and production manager. Welch has run her own design firm, Fleck Creative Studio, for the past two years. She received her bachelor's degree in design at ... Read More »

September 26, 2019

Distribution change: LifeTree Media

By Ryan Porter

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Greystone Books, via UTP Distribution, will no longer sell titles from LifeTree Media. Orders will be accepted at UTP through Dec. 20, and ship through Dec. 31, 2019. UTP will accept returns until ... Read More »

September 26, 2019

Bestselling writers headline Uxbridge, Ontario’s inaugural Book Drunkard Literary Festival

By Ryan Porter

Maybe it’s the custom craft beer. For its inaugural year, the Book Drunkard Literary Festival has confirmed a lineup of bestselling authors, including John Irving, Jane Urquhart, Robyn Doolittle, and Linden MacIntyre. The festival's name ... Read More »

September 26, 2019

Five highlights from the inaugural FOLD Kids program

By Ryan Porter

You don’t have to be a kid to find something you love on the inaugural FOLD Kids schedule (but if you are, lucky you!) The Festival of Literary Diversity’s first fest for young people, to ... Read More »

September 26, 2019

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Dionne Brand novel Theory wins the Toronto Book Award

Governor General’s Literary Award shortlist shines spotlight on new literary talents; Michael Crummey scores his third shortlist

Daily Deal: Nimbus to publish memoir from Great Big Sea’s Séan McCann

Countdown to Frankfurt 2020: What Canadian publishers need to know now

No Atwood, but awards circuit veterans still dominate Giller shortlist

Daily Deal: Figure 1 acquires book on Canada’s LGBTQ history

Personnel change: Arsenal Pulp Press

Distribution change: LifeTree Media

Bestselling writers headline Uxbridge, Ontario’s inaugural Book Drunkard Literary Festival

Five highlights from the inaugural FOLD Kids program

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