by Ryan Porter

Sam Wiebe’s Invisible Dead optioned for TV

Grant Harvey and Kelly Senecal (Whistler) have optioned TV rights to Sam Wiebe’s novel Invisible Dead. The noir thriller is the first in his Wakeland series, about a cop-turned-P.I. investigating a woman’s unsolved disappearance 11 years after she ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Greg Younging – publisher, professor, and Indigenous cultural advocate – has passed away

By Ryan Porter

Greg Younging, the publisher of Theytus Books, the oldest Indigenous publishing house in Canada, passed away on May 3. The Penticton, B.C., press where he worked as managing editor from 1990 to 2004, and again ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Distribution change: Portage & Main Press and HighWater Press

By Ryan Porter

Effective June 1, Portage & Main Press ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Memoirs by Critch, Kelly named alongside Ali Bryan novel on Leacock shortlist

By Ryan Porter

Three titles have been shortlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $15,000 prize will be presented at a gala dinner hosted by Ian Ferguson in Orillia, Ontario, on June 8. The ... Read More »

May 6, 2019

Jaipur Literature Festival to launch three-day fest in Toronto this September

By Ryan Porter

The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival, will host its first Canadian event in Toronto this fall. JLF Toronto will host readings, discussions, outdoor performances, art installations, and culinary experiences alongside a ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

Daily Deals: Heather Smith to PRHC in two-book deal

By Ryan Porter

Penguin Teen/Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers publishing director Lynne Missen has acquired Heather Smith’s Barry Squires, Full Tilt in a two-book deal. The deal was arranged by Amy Tompkins at the Transatlantic Literary Agency. House ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

By Ryan Porter

The authors shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize may be newly published, but many are already award-circuit veterans. Among the finalists are Kate Harris’s Lands of Lost Borders, which won the RBC Taylor Prize; Terese ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

FOLD 2019: Amid education cuts, five writers for young people say public schools need to encourage developing readers

By Ryan Porter

At the Festival of Literary Diversity (May 2–5), young writers will be mentored by established novelists at the first Teen Track program. Elsewhere, a panel called “Educate Me: Creating Lifelong Readers” features four author/teachers discussing ... Read More »

May 2, 2019

Daily Deals: HarperCollins to publish dystopian novel from Catherine Hernandez

By Ryan Porter

HarperCollins Canada editorial director Jennifer Lambert has acquired Canadian English-language rights to Catherine Hernandez’s Crosshairs. The novel, set in the near future, is about a regime that targets racialized, elderly, LGBTQ, and disabled folks, and the ... Read More »

April 30, 2019

Three emerging poets shortlisted for Bronwen Wallace Award

By Ryan Porter

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced the three poets who will compete for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The finalists are Fredericton’s Rebecca Salazar for “Your Public Body,” a collection of ... Read More »

April 30, 2019

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Sam Wiebe’s Invisible Dead optioned for TV

Greg Younging – publisher, professor, and Indigenous cultural advocate – has passed away

Distribution change: Portage & Main Press and HighWater Press

Memoirs by Critch, Kelly named alongside Ali Bryan novel on Leacock shortlist

Jaipur Literature Festival to launch three-day fest in Toronto this September

Daily Deals: Heather Smith to PRHC in two-book deal

Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

FOLD 2019: Amid education cuts, five writers for young people say public schools need to encourage developing readers

Daily Deals: HarperCollins to publish dystopian novel from Catherine Hernandez

Three emerging poets shortlisted for Bronwen Wallace Award

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