by Ryan Porter

Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature finalists announced

The finalists for the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature have been announced. Three finalists were named in four categories: fiction, non-fiction, history, and young adult. The winner in each category will receive a $10,000 ... Read More »

September 24, 2018

Daily Deals: Conundrum Press announces two graphic memoirs, HarperCollins acquires debut novel from Alison Taylor

By Ryan Porter

Conundrum Press’s Andy Brown has acquired world English rights to two new graphic memoirs. Montreal-based D. Boyd’s Chicken Rising reflects on Boyd’s own coming-of-age in the 1970s amidst insecurity, bullying, and family dysfunction. Publication is ... Read More »

September 20, 2018

Esi Edugyan sole Canadian on Booker shortlist

By Ryan Porter

Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, her first novel in seven years, has been shortlisted for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize. The Victoria-based writer is the only Canadian who remains in contention after Michael Ondaatje’s longlisted novel ... Read More »

September 20, 2018

Daily Deals: HarperCollins acquires Karma Brown’s Get Up Early, Change Your Life; Nelvana to adapt Kids Can titles

By Ryan Porter

HarperCollins Canada editorial director Brad Wilson has acquired world rights to Karma Brown’s Get Up Early, Change Your Life. Brown’s non-fiction debut is about how to accomplish your passion project by harnessing the power of the early-morning ... Read More »

September 19, 2018

Lee Maracle to receive $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Ryan Porter

Stó:lō writer Lee Maracle has been announced as the recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize. The award, presented by the Toronto International Festival of Authors, recognizes an author’s contribution to the Canadian literary community. ... Read More »

September 19, 2018

Elizabeth Hay, Terese Marie Mailhot, Lindsay Wong among Weston Prize finalists

By Ryan Porter

Family comes first at this year’s Weston Prize. Memoirs inspired by family dominate the list of finalists for the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.  Three of the shortlisted authors for the $60,000 prize were ... Read More »

September 19, 2018

NeWest’s Douglas Barbour, Frontenac’s David and Rose Scollard honoured at Alberta Publishing Awards

By Ryan Porter

The winners of the Alberta Book Publishing Awards were announced at a gala ceremony in Calgary on Sept. 14. Lifetime achievement in publishing awards were presented to Douglas Barbour, co-founder of Edmonton’s NeWest Press, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2018

Winners announced for Canadian Jewish Literary Awards

By Ryan Porter

The winners of the fourth annual Canadian Jewish Literary Awards have been announced. The eight winners will be presented with a $1,000 prize at an awards ceremony to be held Oct. 14 at Toronto’s York ... Read More »

September 17, 2018

Graphic designer Ingrid Paulson is reimagining classic novels for the 21st century

By Ryan Porter

Their plots are as taut as Gillian Flynn’s and their social takes as pointed as Zadie Smith’s. Yet for all their contemporary relevance, classic novels by authors such as Edith Wharton and Emily Brontë too ... Read More »

September 17, 2018

Daily Deals: Tundra to publish Lauren Soloy’s picture book featuring Emily Carr as a child

By Ryan Porter

Tundra Books editor Samantha Swenson has acquired world rights to debut author and illustrator Lauren Soloy’s When Emily Was Small. The picture book follows painter Emily Carr as a young child. Swenson acquired a second ... Read More »

September 13, 2018

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Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature finalists announced

Daily Deals: Conundrum Press announces two graphic memoirs, HarperCollins acquires debut novel from Alison Taylor

Esi Edugyan sole Canadian on Booker shortlist

Daily Deals: HarperCollins acquires Karma Brown’s Get Up Early, Change Your Life; Nelvana to adapt Kids Can titles

Lee Maracle to receive $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize

Elizabeth Hay, Terese Marie Mailhot, Lindsay Wong among Weston Prize finalists

NeWest’s Douglas Barbour, Frontenac’s David and Rose Scollard honoured at Alberta Publishing Awards

Winners announced for Canadian Jewish Literary Awards

Graphic designer Ingrid Paulson is reimagining classic novels for the 21st century

Daily Deals: Tundra to publish Lauren Soloy’s picture book featuring Emily Carr as a child

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