The novel became a bestseller, a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the winner of the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
LPG launches independent-press advocacy campaign
The #ReadUp campaign features four origami animals made from the pages of an acclaimed small-press title.
Daily Deal: Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson epistolary collection to Knopf
CIBA: Canadian indie booksellers blame Amazon for forcing PRH/S&S mega-merger
The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association has released a statement expressing concern over the proposed sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House’s parent company Bertelsmann.
The Writers’ Union of Canada works to address systemic inequalities in the writing and publishing communities
Knopf, Random House Canada to split after 11 years
The imprints will become independent so each may sharpen its focus.
Daily Deals: Dundurn announces two non-fiction acquisitions
Daily Deals: Carmella Gray-Cosgrove’s debut short-fiction collection to Arsenal Pulp
Luciana Erregue on the mission of Laberinto Press to publish authors whose first language isn’t English
Thanks to a cultural diversity grant from the Edmonton Arts Council, Erregue was able to fund Beyond the Food Court: An Anthology of Literary Cuisines.
Q&Q bids farewell to editor Sue Carter
Carter will be leaving at the end of the month after almost 10 years.