Rights Deals: Carolyn Stern + one more
2021 BMO Winterset Award goes to Carmella Gray-Cosgrove
For the second consecutive year all three finalists were female – a first for the award.
Personnel change: Melville House
Shortlisted publishers looking forward to in-person Bologna Book Fair
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is going ahead in person next week after being cancelled for two years in a row over COVID-19 concerns — and the three Canadian publishers shortlisted for its best publisher of the year honour are excited for the serendipity that an in-person event offers.
Unique federal grant program available for Canadian booksellers
A new program called Support for Booksellers will provide grants to fund improvements in how stores sell books online, as a result of two years of strong growth in online sales during the pandemic.
Writer Sheree Fitch and fibre artist Deb Plestid celebrate the poetry of spring
Sing in the Spring! is arranged in poetic vignettes that celebrate the sounds, sights, smells, and textures of spring, all punctuated by delightful quilt illustrations.
Writers’ Trust of Canada announces recipients of 2022 mentorship program
The mentorship program pairs unpublished writers with established authors who support the mentees with one-on-one instruction and aims to bring manuscripts in progress closer to publication.
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