by Ryan Porter

Botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger will speak to environmental sustainability at Words in the Woods festival

For the fourth annual Words in the Woods literary festival, held in Dunedin, Ontario, a community two hours north of Toronto, organizers are leaning into the festival’s picturesque forested setting. The keynote speaker at the ... Read More »

August 23, 2019

Vancouver’s LiterAsian Festival announces 2019 lineup

By Ryan Porter

Six writers have been announced as part of the seventh annual LiterAsian Festival. The celebration of Asian Canadian literature, history, and culture will be held Sept. 27 and 28 in Vancouver Chinatown’s Sun Wah Centre ... Read More »

August 22, 2019

Cuts to Franco-Ontarian funding inspire collection Poèmes de la résistance

By Ryan Porter

When premier Doug Ford’s Ontario Progressive Conservative government announced that it was cutting francophone programs in the province, the move energized the Franco-Ontarian literary community. Poet Andrée Lacelle rallied other writers to respond through poetry, ... Read More »

August 22, 2019

Distribution change: Nelson

By Ryan Porter

Effective Sept. 1, Nelson, Canada's largest education publisher, will distribute Chooseco LLC, the publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure books, ... Read More »

August 15, 2019

How Nunavut’s Inhabit Media preserves the stories of Inuit elders

By Ryan Porter

It had been 18 months since Louise Flaherty last spoke with brothers Neil and Danny Christopher about Inhabit Media, the Inuit-focused press the three of them co-founded in 2006. Her ownership was put into a ... Read More »

August 15, 2019

Shortlist for Toronto Book Awards includes previous winners Dionne Brand, Cary Fagan

By Ryan Porter

The shortlist has been announced for the Toronto Book Awards, which celebrates work evocative of Toronto. The shortlisted books are: Be With: Letters to a Caregiver, Mike Barnes (Biblioasis) Reproduction, Ian Williams (Random House Canada) ... Read More »

August 15, 2019

Daily Deals: ECW acquires new Vivek Shraya novel

By Ryan Porter

ECW Press’s Jen Knoch has acquired world English rights to Vivek Shraya’s new novel The Subtweet. The story follows two brown female musicians as they try to navigate fame, friendship, betrayal, and the ever-present impact ... Read More »

August 13, 2019

Jury announced for 2019 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

By Ryan Porter

The three-member jury has been announced for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction. The jury members are Vancouver writer and filmmaker Ivan Coyote, Regina prairie naturalist Trevor Herriot, and Toronto author and literary ... Read More »

August 13, 2019

Daily Deals: U.S. rights sold to Lori Lansens’s novel This Little Light

By Ryan Porter

The Overlook Press’s Tracy Carns has acquired U.S. rights to Lori Lansens's novel This Little Light. The novel takes place over 48 hours in 2024 and is about two teen California girls who become fugitives ... Read More »

August 12, 2019

Daily Deals: Film rights acquired for John Zada’s forthcoming book on Sasquatch legend

By Ryan Porter

Show of Force has acquired film rights to John Zada’s forthcoming book In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of Sasquatch. The literary travel memoir explores the mythology of the Sasquatch. The deal ... Read More »

August 8, 2019

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Botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger will speak to environmental sustainability at Words in the Woods festival

Vancouver’s LiterAsian Festival announces 2019 lineup

Cuts to Franco-Ontarian funding inspire collection Poèmes de la résistance

Distribution change: Nelson

How Nunavut’s Inhabit Media preserves the stories of Inuit elders

Shortlist for Toronto Book Awards includes previous winners Dionne Brand, Cary Fagan

Daily Deals: ECW acquires new Vivek Shraya novel

Jury announced for 2019 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

Daily Deals: U.S. rights sold to Lori Lansens’s novel This Little Light

Daily Deals: Film rights acquired for John Zada’s forthcoming book on Sasquatch legend

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