Aimee Wall wins Max Margles Writing Residency
Association of Canadian Publishers announces board of directors for 2024–2025
The board was named at the ACP’s annual general meeting last week.
Shop Talk: Beach Reads Bookshop
The idea for Beach Reads Bookshop can be traced back to early 2020, when the nearest chain bookstore to Anthony Randall and Robyn York – a Coles in nearby Simcoe, Ontario – closed for the last time.
Lisa Alward wins 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Alward was one of five authors shortlisted for the prize, and won for her collection Cocktail, published in September 2023 by Biblioasis.
Rights deal: Cale Plett
Star books editor moving to opinion team
The announcement did not provide any details of changes in book coverage in the newspaper’s culture section.
Jessica Johns, Jennifer Bowering-Delisle among 2024 Alberta Literary Awards winners
The winners, chosen from shortlists revealed in April, were announced on June 8.
Personnel change: HarperCollins Canada
Alicia Elliott wins 2024 Amazon Canada First Novel Award
And Then She Fell is Elliott’s second book, following on her bestselling nonfiction title A Mind Spread Out on the Ground.
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