

Daily Deals: Katie Zdybel’s debut short-story collection to Exile Editions
Ivan Coyote on letter writing, the Vancouver Writers Fest, and their new book deal with M&S
“Every once in a while, I would get a letter where I’d wish I had the time to write this person back the answer that their beautiful letter truly deserves.”

The Future of Publishing: Can the industry move beyond city limits?
The idea that one needs to be physically in an urban centre may seem antiquated to future generations of publishing professionals.
Daily Deals: TV rights for Ashley Audrain’s debut picked up in nine-way bidding war
Daily Deals: Ivan Coyote’s COVID-19 lockdown correspondence to M&S
Canadian English rights to Ivan Coyote’s Care Of have been sold to Jared Bland at McClelland & Stewart, in a two-book deal.
Supreme Court to hear York University and Access Copyright appeals
This decision represents the latest chapter in the ongoing litigation between the university and the copyright-management organization, but one that could have far-reaching effects for all those involved on both sides.
Souvankham Thammavongsa represents Canada on 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize jury
The 2021 Forest of Reading nominations shine a light on the best in Canadian kidlit
Kids and teen books by Kenneth Oppel, Mariko Tamaki, Danny Ramadan, Zalika Reid-Benta and more will be read and voted on by students in Ontario.

How Thistledown Press fits into JoAnn McCaig’s expanding western publishing network
McCaig owns the Calgary bookstore Shelf Life Books and the Calgary literary press Freehand Books.