by Ryan Porter

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha finalist for the Triangle Awards

Toronto author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha has been named a finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction at the Triangle Awards for her essay collection Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Arsenal Pulp Press), in ... Read More »

March 13, 2019

Literary conversations will anchor Halifax’s inaugural AfterWords festival

By Ryan Porter

Halifax has gone 10 years without a literary festival, but that will change this fall with the launch of the inaugural AfterWords Literary Festival. Running Oct. 3–5, the festival will feature a shortlist of CanLit ... Read More »

March 13, 2019

Distribution change: Nimbus Publishing

By Ryan Porter

Effective Aug. 1, Nimbus Publishing will be distributed by Baker & Taylor in the U.S. Nimbus is ... Read More »

March 11, 2019

Scholastic Canada, Comme des géants nominated for Bologna Children’s Book Fair prize

By Ryan Porter

Two Canadian publishers, Scholastic Canada and Comme des géants, have been nominated for the 2019 BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year (North America). Exhibitors at the Bologna Children’s Book ... Read More »

March 11, 2019

Daily Deals: Debut YA novels about sexual identity acquired by DCB, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

By Ryan Porter

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Harriet Low has acquired world rights to Alexandra Latos’s novel Under Shifting Stars. The Calgary writer’s debut YA follows twins struggling for belonging: Audrey, who feels responsible for her brother's tragic death and ... Read More »

March 7, 2019

Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards

By Ryan Porter

Several Canadian authors have been announced as finalists for the 31st Lambda Literary Awards. The annual awards are presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to the best LGBT books of the year. Five nominations went to ... Read More »

March 7, 2019

Bring the kids to these bookstores across Canada during spring break

By Ryan Porter

With spring break just around the corner, Canadian kids are closing the covers on their school books, and opening up the fun books instead. These indie kids’ bookstores across Canada all have something special in ... Read More »

March 6, 2019

First look: Canada’s logo, slogan announced for 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair

By Ryan Porter

Canada’s slogan and logo for the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, where Canada will be celebrated as guest of honour, was revealed at a presentation at Ben McNally Books in Toronto on March 6. The orange ... Read More »

March 6, 2019

What Canadian publishers and agents are taking to the 2019 London Book Fair

By Ryan Porter

Canadian publishers and agents will present a wide variety of titles when trading opens at the London Book Fair on March 12. There are national prize winners, such as the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning memoir ... Read More »

March 4, 2019

Daily Deals: Mark Blagrave historical novel to Vagrant, Nimbus to publish debut YA from Alexandra Harrington

By Ryan Porter

Vagrant Press managing editor Whitney Moran has acquired world rights to Mark Blagrave’s new novel Lay Figures. The work of literary fiction traces the development of a young female writer against the backdrop of the Depression and ... Read More »

February 28, 2019

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha finalist for the Triangle Awards

Literary conversations will anchor Halifax’s inaugural AfterWords festival

Distribution change: Nimbus Publishing

Scholastic Canada, Comme des géants nominated for Bologna Children’s Book Fair prize

Daily Deals: Debut YA novels about sexual identity acquired by DCB, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards

Bring the kids to these bookstores across Canada during spring break

First look: Canada’s logo, slogan announced for 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair

What Canadian publishers and agents are taking to the 2019 London Book Fair

Daily Deals: Mark Blagrave historical novel to Vagrant, Nimbus to publish debut YA from Alexandra Harrington

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