Personnel changes: Penguin Canada

Kidlit Special: Sarena and Sasha Nanua on their journey from popular YA bloggers to debut fantasy authors
The twin book bloggers spoke with Q&Q about YA fiction and co-writing Sisters of the Snake.

Roundtable: Authors reflect on writing the first draft of COVID-19’s history
Three recent works of nonfiction serve as vital records of this historic time.
Rights Deals: Erica Alini, foreign rights for Lisa Bird-Wilson and Elamin Abdelmahmoud + five more
Waubgeshig Rice, Jennifer David’s new podcast Storykeepers is an audio book club on Indigenous lit
Finalists announced for Winterset Award
The finalists have been announced for the BMO Winterset Award, celebrating literary work by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geoffrey Ursell, 1943 – 2021, remembered as “the heart” of Regina’s Coteau Books
Geoffrey Ursell, one of the cofounders of the Regina press Coteau Books, passed away in Saskatoon on Feb. 21.